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READY…SET…GO!!! This evening, will take on the Media 5 Mile Race Race! This is our 11th time running together in this annual event and we can’t wait to paint the town blue! Here are some awesome photos of our team taking on "America's Longest 5 Miles" last year. This is truly a special event that brings everyone together and makes us proud to do business in a community as wonderful as Visit Media PA

This blog explores real-life funerals that made people laugh, from subtle, perfectly timed jokes to unexpected surprises no one saw coming. These moments didn’t minimize the grief in the room—they lived right alongside it. They gave families permission to smile, to exhale, and to remember their loved one as they truly were. Funny. Quirky. Human.

7 Real Funerals that Made People Laugh - ASD Answering Service ASD, the leading funeral answering service, examines the role of humor in memorials through 7 real funerals that made people laugh

In honor of here are a few fascinating tales from the footnotes of deathcare's past. Which story on our list did you find the most interesting?

10 Fascinating Chapters in Funeral History You Didn’t Learn in Mortuary School - ASD Answering Service A look at some fascinating and overlooked stories and facts from the history of the funeral profession.

Congratulations to Joseph Eernisse at Eernisse Funeral Homes & Cremation Service in Port Washington, WI on winning our Lego Funeral Service set at the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association Convention in Wisconsin Dells. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by to visit with Team ASD this week. We had a wonderful time catching up with all of our friends and clients from our home state. Looking forward to next year!

"I've had a fair amount of loss in my lifetime and I realized that these prayer cards – whether it be in old suit pockets, I've moved a few times – I just lose them. There was no easy and safe way to kind of preserve them, and in a way, preserve the legacy."

What a wonderful idea!

Connecticut man creates free app to preserve loved ones' funeral prayer cards Scott Mysogland used two AI agents to create the iPhone app Custos, which is Latin for "guardian."

Congratulations to Lyndsay Grace (pictured in center next to ASD Operations Supervisor, Jim Russo, and ASD Customer Service Account Manager, Amanda Strain) from Stroyan Funeral Home in Milford, PA on winning our Lego Embalming Room set at the PFDA - Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association Convention in Pocono Summit. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by to visit with this week. We had a wonderful time catching up with all of our friends and clients from our home state. Looking forward to next year!

Congratulations to Margaret Edie at Morrissett Funeral and Cremation Service in Richmond, VA on winning our Lego Cemetery set at the Virginia Funeral Directors Association (VFDA) Convention in Virginia Beach. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by to visit with Sean this week. We had a great time catching up with all our VA clients and friends!

The ASD team is excited to be in Louisville this week for the Funeral Directors of Kentucky Convention which brings together funeral professionals from the Bluegrass state. If you’re attending, be sure to stop by our booth to visit with Customer Service Team Assistant Manager, Summer Greenwood. While you’re there, you can learn about our latest features, pick up your free gift, and enter to win one of our funeral-themed Lego sets! We can’t wait to see everyone on the tradeshow floor!

"The profession hasn’t been supporting them as they need and deserve. I’m on a mission to end that.”

Women Leading In The Death Business For generations, women worked in funeral homes but were rarely recognized as industry leaders. This may be changing with more women mentoring in the death care business.