This week's episode highlights the new Kates-Boylston Compensation Report, a <a href= "https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/fire-destroys-heidrick-funeral-home-elizabethtown#:~:text=The%20Heidrick%20Funeral%20Home%20in,to%20the%20ground%20Tuesday%20morning." target="_blank" rel="noopener">fire at one of New York's oldest funeral homes</a>, an <a href= "https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/04/bill-would-turn-down-temperatures-in-oregon-crematory-incinerators.html#:~:text=House%20Bill%203729%20would%20lower,U.S.%20to%20make%20the%20switch." target="_blank" rel="noopener">interesting legislative update</a> on crematory temperatures in Oregon, and discuss the increasing trend of <a href= "https://www.kates-boylston.com/industry_news/anthem-partners-announces-partnership-with-tribute-technology/article_91673bfd-f51c-4310-a7f0-36f1fcdd4153.html" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">partnerships</a> and <a href="https://www.kates-boylston.com/industry_news/serent-capital-invests-in-plotblox-to-accelerate-innovation-in-death-care-technology/article_adebc374-c1f4-4765-81b5-296a7aaac046.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">venture capital investment</a> in funeral tech.

This week's episode highlights the new Kates-Boylston Compensation Report, a fire at one of New York's oldest funeral homes, an interesting legislative update on crematory temperatures in Oregon, and discuss the increasing trend of partnerships and venture capital investment in funeral tech.

This week's episode highlights the new Kates-Boylston Compensation Report, a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/fire-destroys-heidrick-funeral-home-elizabethtown#:~:text=The%20Heidrick%20Funeral%20Home%20in,to%20the%20ground%20Tuesday%20morning." rel="noopener noreferrer">fire at one of New York's oldest funeral homes</a>, an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/04/bill-would-turn-down-temperatures-in-oregon-crematory-incinerators.html#:~:text=House%20Bill%203729%20would%20lower,U.S.%20to%20make%20the%20switch." rel="noopener noreferrer">interesting legislative update</a>&nbsp;on crematory temperatures in Oregon, and discuss the increasing trend of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kates-boylston.com/industry_news/anthem-partners-announces-partnership-with-tribute-technology/article_91673bfd-f51c-4310-a7f0-36f1fcdd4153.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">partnerships</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kates-boylston.com/industry_news/serent-capital-invests-in-plotblox-to-accelerate-innovation-in-death-care-technology/article_adebc374-c1f4-4765-81b5-296a7aaac046.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">venture capital investment</a> in funeral tech.&nbsp;

Funeral Home Salaries, Tech Investments Rise and a Historic Loss

Kates-Boylston Publications has been covering death care for more than a century. Funeral Service Insider brings that institutional knowledge to bear on current events with the aim of helping funeral service professionals better understand the present and plan for the future.

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