Parting Stone, the New Mexico based start-up that takes cremated ash remains and turns them into what they term “Solidified Remains” recently sent out this press release celebrating their 10,000th family served in their short business history.

In the press release the company says this about their achievement, “This milestone marks a significant achievement in the company’s mission to provide a comforting, tangible alternative to conventional cremated remains and highlights an important shift in the modern grief experience in America.”

The company calls their solid form of cremated remains, which results in 40-80 small stones “a complete alternative to conventional “ashes.”

Related Article — In a somewhat related article the New York Post published this article recently titled, “How innovative cremation services are giving a new spin to the end of life”.   The article features Parting Stone but also mentions about a dozen other alternatives for cremated remains.

Tom Anderson
Funeral Director Daily

The article intimates that with the high percentage of cremations taking place there is also a feeling that burial of cremated remains, niche placement, and even home urn placement are not the preferred ways that people want to memorialize their cremated loved ones.  According to the article, “They (consumers) want customized events paired with tactile experiences. Not surprisingly, a creative movement memorializing ashes is now happening.”

To that end, there are many opportunities, wide and varied in scope, coming to market for the these consumers looking for another option and the article mentions many of them with links to the processes.

I would suggest that you read the article and learn of the options available.  Many of them offer commissions or margins to funeral directors who facilitate the sale and, in a business looking for increased revenue, that revenue may come in handy.

The NY Post article states, “According to the Cremations Association of North America’s 2022 Cremation Memorialization Research, almost one in four US households, or approximately 22 million families, have human cremated remains in their homes.”

Disclosure:  The author of this article for Funeral Director Daily is a shareholder of Parting Stone.

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Parting Stone, the creator of solidified remains for cremation memorialization, has had created an AI generated desktop calendar for funeral homes.  Here’s what their recent press release says of the calendar:

“Parting Stone, the innovators behind solidified remains, is proud to announce the release of their 2025 “Death Rocks! Calendar,” an AI-generated page-a-day calendar launching on January 1, 2025. This limited edition calendar, with only 400 copies available, offers 365 absurd, entertaining, and thought-provoking visuals to inspire and entertain death care professionals at work.”

Here’s what Parting Stone CEO Justin Crowe says about the calendar,  “Humor plays a vital role in the death care profession.  It helps us navigate the emotional weight of serving families on some of the hardest days of their lives. The ‘2025 Death Rocks!’ calendar highlights how solidified remains can be meaningful, innovative, and even a bit entertaining. It’s about honoring life with creativity—and maybe a few puns along the way!”

To receive this limited edition calendar, please use the sign-up order here.

Here’s a day from the Death Rocks calendar that is less than a month away.

About Parting Stone:  Parting Stone, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is revolutionizing death care with solidified remains, offering families a beautiful and tangible alternative to ashes. Committed to fostering creativity and innovation in the industry, Parting Stone is proud to distribute the 2025 “Death Rocks! Calendar” as a resource for professionals to reimagine how they connect with families.

Click here to see how Parting Stone inspired a son’s journey to remember his father.

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Disclaimer:  The author of this article for Funeral Director Daily is a shareholder in Parting Stone.

Funeral Director Daily take:  From my point of view, Parting Stone is one of those products that can add ancillary income to cremation dispositions.  It’s a product, like some others, that funeral homes can recieve a commission when families choose the product as part of their memorialization process.

At first glance, when I see this desktop calendar offered, it reminds me back in the day how I could easily suggest that we took credit cards as a form of payment.  We did so by having information on the arrangement tables that simply said, “We accept Visa”.  That information prompted families to ask about our credit terms and led some families to choose that method of payment. . . .instead of having the funeral home carry the debt.

I think I would use this desk calendar in the same way.  It very well could prompt a cremation family who was simply going to take the cremation ash remains home to ask about solidified remains or Parting Stone and result in a commissionable sale for the funeral home.

In essence, like many new products, the power of suggestion (the calendar) may prompt questions that could lead to a better funeral home bottom line.

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