For 55 many years, Nancy Dusckas lived over her family’s funeral dwelling. She remembers sliding down the staircase railing and playing hide-and-seek out in the casket showroom with her sister at Dusckas Funeral Home’s flagship area, 2607 Buffalo Highway. From running the vacuums to typing obituaries, Dusckas said she grew […]
Death
Private equity firms are investing in health care from cradle to grave, and in that latter category quite literally. A small but growing percentage of the funeral home industry—and the broader death care market—is being gobbled up by private equity-backed firms attracted by high profit margins, predictable income, and the […]