Funeral home company acquires west-side industrial building
Flanner Buchanan, an Indianapolis-based company with more than a dozen funeral home locations in central Indiana, recently acquired the 32,000-square-foot building near the Riverside area.
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Flanner and Buchanan acquires local funeral home
Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers has acquired the Lavenia & Summers Home for Funerals, Indianapolis-based Flanner and Buchanan announced Thursday.
Death business expands into hosting weddings, other events
Funeral homes aren't just for funerals anymore. Businesses that once focused almost entirely on honoring the dead are now open to an array of events as they seek to add revenue.
Indiana House bill would legalize chemical cremation
The legislation would require the State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service to adopt rules for alkaline hydrolysis. The process is legal in 11 other states.
Funeral company in 129th year keeps fresh perspective
Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers sometimes stretches the definition of “funeral” to stay relevant after nearly
130 years. The family-owned business began downtown and has grown northward along with the city’s population. Today,
it has 14 funeral centers and conducted 2,200 funerals last year.
Ivy Tech to offer mortuary science degree
Ivy Tech Community College will train students in mortuary sciences, filling a void left when Indiana College of Mortuary Science kicked the bucket several years ago.