Imagine someone kidnapping… your loved one’s ashes. 😳 Sounds like something straight out of a horror movie, right? But this actually made the news in Malaysia around March 2026, when cremation urns were stolen from memorial parks and ransom was allegedly demanded for the return of some of the

People often see the exciting side of entrepreneurship — the growth, the achievements, the freedom and the wins. But behind the scenes, there are so many struggles we don’t always talk about. Finding the right people to grow the company with. Learning how to build a business that can eventua

POV: You empty a funeral director’s pockets and find… 😂 Scotch tape. Scissors. Pen knife. Tissue paper. You name it, we probably have it in our pockets. And you must be thinking… Why does a funeral director need ALL of these?! 👀 🩹 Scotch tape — a must-have. For securing things to the

He said the most meaningful part of his grandmother’s funeral wasn’t the setup or the ceremony. It was watching our team bow to his grandmother. 🤍 “They didn’t even know my grandmother.” That line stayed with me. In this line of work, we meet different families and care for different de

It can pay relatively well once you have gained the necessary experience—and it is unlikely to be replaced by AI so easily in the near future. For someone without extensive formal qualifications, the funeral profession can offer a meaningful career and a decent income. But what people may not se

There’s a contradictory pull no one prepares you for — planning a funeral while your loved one is still fighting for their life in the hospital ward. Joey knows this pull intimately. In this candid interview, he opens up about the hardest weeks of his life: making the call to a funeral service

Marc shares how he first got to know Harmony Funeral Care — through a friend who had previously engaged us. When his mum passed away, he called us at around 9pm. Within an hour, our team was there and we started getting the funeral arrangements moving. What Marc found most helpful was that

He’s experienced 3 deaths of people close to him. But losing his mum was completely different. Marc has entrusted Harmony Funeral Care with 3 funerals. But when it was his own mum… everything felt different. His mum was a well-respected educator, and someone he was incredibly close to.

$1,600 a month. 🤍 That was what I took home when I first started working at my grandfather’s funeral shop. I had a degree, had worked in an office, and never imagined that I would end up becoming an undertaker. But this little shop became the place where I learned everything — from handlin