by Marjori Todd Mortuary Management, April 2010 You established your funeral home to serve your community. As an integral part of that mission, you built a preparation room within the building. Did you know, however, that an often overlooked element in construction can wreak havoc […]
by Marjori Todd American Funeral Director, December, 2008 Concern for the safety of our embalmers, our staff and our family is a recurring theme that has been echoes by our clients over the 15 years Duncan Stuart Todd, Ltd. has been designing and outfitting preparation […]
by Marjori & Duncan Todd American Funeral Director, July, 2007 Every day in your community, a general building contractor is heading out to a job, whether it be a commercial structure, a new residence or even a kitchen remodel. But not every day is that […]
by Marjori & Duncan Todd American Funeral Director, September, 2006 One family gathered in the preparation room to say goodbye to a beloved son. Another family visited a preparation room to put aside painful memories surrounding the loss of their mother. Yet another wanted to […]
by Marjori & Duncan Todd American Funeral Director, September, 2005 When our telephone rings, we can expect a funeral home owner, director or embalmer at the other end of the line. Often, they are thinking about remodeling or building a new preparation room and they […]
by Marjori & Duncan Todd Alliance, June, 2005 Let’s say you are planning a new preparation room and you are working with and architect and/or contractor. In the process, you may have assumed that if you install some equipment in the designated space for a […]
by Marjori & Duncan Todd American Funeral Director, August 2004 When he built a new prep room in 2003, Bob Skinner, funeral director in Cumberland, Wisconsin, could have been speaking for his colleagues throughout the industry when he told the firm of Duncan Stuart Todd, […]
by Duncan Stuart Todd & Marjori Todd American Funeral Director, September, 2003 Funeral home owners and directors face a challenge when it comes to building a new facility or renovating an existing structure. The challenge is how to incorporate the preparation room into the total […]
