Comparison Shopping My Way to Eternal Rest

Between huge bites of a lox-and-cream-cheese-slathered bagel — essential cuisine served to visitors paying shiva, a Jewish condolence call — my cousin was woeful when he blurted out: “How could we bury Aunt Bronka 100 miles from her brothers’ graves? We should dig up her body and move it to New Jersey.” Read More…

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Press Release – Passages International Hires Liz Hamilton as Sales Representative for the Southwest

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (November 16, 2022) – Passages International is welcoming Liz Hamilton to their team as a Sales Representative. Hamilton will be the point of contact for wholesale customers in the Southwest region, including funeral homes, cemeteries, and more. Hamilton is a fully licensed funeral director who entered the funeral field in 2016 in order…

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Earth Day 2021: Restoring Our Forests One Tree At A Time with Biotree

It’s no secret that climate and environmental damage have taken a turn for the worst in the last 10 years. Experts are saying it’s now too late to rely on preventative measures, as our environment is being damaged faster than it can fix itself. Instead of relying on prevention, the time has come to focus…

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Watch: Meeting families’ funeral and cremation expectations

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Passages International President Darren Crouch and Ryan Thogmartin of Connecting Directors continue their conversation about the green movement. Today’s topic – the experience families expect versus the experience families actually getting when using a funeral home or crematory. Darren argues more and more families want to participate in the funeral experience, not just be a…

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Watch: How funeral homes can raise their standard of care

Watch: How funeral homes can raise their standard of care

In the newest episode of Green Talks, Darren Crouch, president of Passages International, talks about how funeral homes can elevate their standard of care. Funeral homes aren’t meeting the standard of care families expect when they put their loved one in a cardboard box. “Through no fault of the funeral directors, there haven’t been any…

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