Death Care Today

In this episode of Death Care Today, co-hosts Rob, David Bradley, and Lacie Jendryka are joined by WSFDA board member and industry standout Katey Houston !

The crew recaps their adventures at the NFDA convention in Charlotte—from local historic cemetery visits and sports outings to standout floor innovations like Knock Box and Dan the Funeral Man . Katey also introduces Parting Stone's newly launched professional community, The Death Rocks Club, sharing how licensed funeral directors can access free, engaging continuing education and peer networking . Finally, stick around as the table faces off in a spirited round of archaic death care trivia !

In this episode of Death Care Today, hosts Rob, Lacy, and Jess break down the latest news, digital trends, and history shaping the deathcare industry :

Christa Pike Execution Attempt: A deep dive into the background, prison record, and recent legal and medical complications surrounding the failed lethal injection attempt of Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike .

Digital Marketing & SEO Strategies: Guest Todd Fowler (DeathCare SEO) shares actionable online tips for funeral directors, including Google Business Profile optimization, blogging for local traffic, and navigating Facebook's new restrictions on link sharing .

Famous Gravestones & Cemetery Stories: Todd reflects on his travels documenting famous and unique burial sites, from the graves of Muhammad Ali and Colonel Sanders to a historic dollhouse monument in Indiana .

Deathcare Trivia: The crew wraps up with a lively four-question trivia game covering record-breaking funeral turnouts, costly world leader services, preserved historic figures, and the largest cemeteries on Earth .

In this inaugural episode of Death Care Today (a rebrand of the Washington State Funeral Directors Association's Member Talks podcast), host Rob—alongside co-hosts Lacy and David, and guest Jessica—blends lighthearted humor with heavy industry topics such as Addressing Industry Bad News and FTC Funeral Rule & Consumer Rights. We mix in a little Death Care Trivia and Jessica discusses moving to Arizona to open her own funeral home from the ground up.