Lisa Baue’s new book aims to inspire women in death care industry

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Lisa Baue, retired CEO and owner of Baue Funeral homes, recently launched her new book aimed to inspire women and professionals in the death care and funeral industry.

“Wake-Up Calls” details her life journey that includes personal stories on becoming a business owner and a leader. It also explores her triumphs and shortfalls along the way.

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PARKER, Colo., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Acclaimed funeral industry leader, entrepreneur, and advocate for women in deathcare, Lisa Baue (https://lisabaue.com/), announces the upcoming release of the audiobook edition of her Amazon bestselling book, Wake-Up Calls: A Journey of Learning to Lead and Succeed in the Funeral and Deathcare Profession.

I still remember the sharp ring of the telephone in the dark hours of April 11, 1987. I was 30 years old when I heard the words no daughter ever wants to hear: “Your father died.” My dad, Dave Baue, was the owner of our family’s funeral-home business in St.

When Lisa Baue, the former owner and CEO of Baue Funeral Homes, Crematory & Cemetery in Missouri, decided to sell her company to Park Lawn Corp. in 2019, she knew she didn’t want to step away from work – and deathcare – completely. In 2021, she founded Your Funeral Coach,

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Wake-Up Calls: A Journey of Learning to Lead and Succeed in the Funeral and Deathcare Profession

Lisa Baue recounts her transformative journey from a grieving daughter to a successful business owner in a male-dominated industry.
Through a series of pivotal “wake-up calls,” she learns invaluable lessons of the heart, the head and becoming a woman of courage and grit in grief, empathy, resilience, mentorship, and leadership, eventually turning her family’s modest funeral home into an industry-leading firm.

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