Hillenbrand CEO(HI) Said Stage For Companies 09 Revenue Decline-YourFuneralGuy

The recession made 2009 the year of the Lower cost Funeral and Lower Cost Casket

The CEO of Batesville Casket Company parent Hillenbrand Inc(HI) set  the stage for funeral revenue decline at Batesville. IN a comment made on an Investor call Kenneth Camp stated.

It is not our intention to be the lowest-price provider out there. Funeral directors make more money selling caskets than they do buying them.
And when we have caskets that families can select from and see high value in, they’re better off financially.”

via cincinnati.bizjournals.com

In 2009 Families were not better off financially with higher price caskets.

As it turns out 2009 was the year of the Lower Cost Funeral and the LOW COST CASKET.

Report after report in 2009 showed cremation was on the rise. Newspapers carried stories about how people generally were purchasing lower cost funeral options.

The leading Casket company was significant Funeral News in 2009.

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The 2009 Funeral Event of the Year alerted The World to High Cost Batesville Caskets-Your Funeral Guy

In 2009 The Funeral event of the year alerted the world to High  “funeral cost” Batesville Caskets. It was the Michael Jackson Golden Casket at the Memorial Service and it’s going missing afterward that brought high end Batesville Casket knowledge to many an internet user.

The MIchael Jackson Memorial Funeral Service Informed the world about Batesville High Price Caskets.

Between July and September the world wondered and speculated as to where Michael was in that Golden Casket. As focused turned from Michael to the casket maker the price was revealed.

The Price $25,000 USD Plus.

Instantly Batesville  Casket Company became known as the high priced bread of caskets. This was always the case  but most of  the Consumers did not know.

Now 2009 was bad year for the Economy, Cremation was up,Casket demand down, in fact people were opting for lower priced coffins. Batesville(Hillenbrand Inc, HI) was in Financial Trouble.

And then Walmart Started selling discount Caskets! The story Continues.

People thought- Maybe I do not need a Casket from the Company that made Michael Jackson’s Golden Casket

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Michael Jackson Golden Casket pic from flickr under under the creative commons license from

DianthusMoon’s photostream

Here are the Top Ten Neglected Funeral News Stories of 2009|YourFuneralGuy

Sad news

Revealed here are the the top ten neglected funeral news stories of 2009.

1.FTC 09 ruling will change everything in the Funeral Industry.

2. New Funeral Alliances In the Funeral Industry are conspiring against the consumer.

3 Batesville Casket Company Financial demise in 2009.

4. How The Iraq War has Changed  funerals.

5 Walmart selling Caskets is bigger than you think!

6. Congress Neglects the The Bereaved Consumer Bill of Rights Act

7. How Celebrity Funerals in  09  Changed  Funerals Forever.

8. Funeral directors try? to reform guaranteed preneed.

9. Why the National Funeral Directors Association NFDA-has “0″ Integrity.

10 The Financial Failures of the big Funeral Corporations in 2009.

Rest assured Your Funeral guy is working hard to bring these stories to you.

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Your Funeral Guy Booted for Pro Family Lower Cost Funeral Comments.

Your Funeral Guy has been booted by Connecting Directors, an attempt to throw him under the funeral industry bus.

Your Funeral Guy has been booted from a  major Funeral Industry Website for comments promoting the Pro family low cost funeral options. My agenda is the presentation of the low cost funeral alternatives. For many Funeral Homes this works well.On the whole the funeral industry is vehemently opposed to presenting  the lower cost funeral  in the arrangement conference.

Keep In Mind that The WEBMASTER WHO KNOWS WHAT’s Good for Funeral Service has never worked in a Funeral Home!

Disabled Account

Dear Brian,

I have decided that your commentary on my website is not for the betterment of funeral service or for my members. Although debate is healthy, I feel you are using my site to further your personal agenda.

I have disabled your account and any new accounts created as an alais will be disabled as well.

Sincerely,

Ryan Thogmartin, CEO
Connecting Directors
P.O. Box 430
4300 West Pike
Zanesville, Ohio

Your funeral guy was with ConnectingDirectors.com for 2 years referring professionals to the site..But no more.  At one point  early on I donated copies of the Low cost funeral book “REST IN PEACE to the  First Connecting Directors store for sale to help this site..

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Statement From Your Funeral Guy:

Your Funeral Guy debates fair and honestly on the web. My agenda has always been THE LOW COST Funeral options for families and the consumer. I have never set up an account with aliases. Who I am and what I represent is clear to all.

Unlike Connecting Directors.com I am not beholding to funeral industry Corporation Advertisers. I can speak freely.

My internet and personal agenda are always clear. I have  not  actively promoted  funeral homes ( but have mentioned a low cost funeral home example once)or businesses  at my sites only the lower cost funeral. There are no advertisers, nothing advertised, (at Your Funeral Guy Blogs)save amazon .com and the “Rest In Peace” book so folks can access low cost funeral options.

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Nice present for the last day of 2009 and the end of a decade.

Your Funeral Guy Statement Original to this blog post

Sadly another funeral industry site says goodbye to alternative funerals, fair balanced and unafraid.

To make matters worse there are no forum|comment rules or guidelines at ConnecingDirectors.com