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2021 03 18

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Flanner Buchanan donates land use to Flanner House for Greenhouses

posted: Mar. 18, 2021

Flanner Buchanan, a four-generation local business, is celebrating its milestone 140th anniversary with a donation to Flanner House, a community center that helps people move to a place of self-reliance and self-sufficiency. The announcement was made at a gathering of the company's funeral directors on March 8 at its corporate office located at 2020 Montcalm Street in Indianapolis' Riverside neighborhood.

Bruce Buchanan (right), CEO and fourth generation owner of Flanner Buchanan, and Brandon Cosby (left), Executive Director of Flanner House, are shown celebrating Flanner Buchanan's donation of land use for three greenhouses for Flanner House. Flanner Buchanan's 140th anniversary was on March 8 at its corporate headquarters located at 2020 Montcalm Street in Indianapolis' Riverside neighborhood. Frank W. Flanner was a founder of Flanner House in 1898.

image courtesy of Flanner Buchanan

Flanner Buchanan has a longstanding relationship with Flanner House, dating back to its founding by Frank W. Flanner in 1898. Through the years, the Buchanan family has stayed committed to Flanner House, a national model for social service agencies.

The donation is the use of 1.5 acres of land, valued at $140,000, for the construction and use of three greenhouses near Flanner House. The greenhouses will create 12-15 full time jobs in the neighborhood as well as provide fresh produce in an area of the city known as a food desert. Ground breaking is expected in April.

Frank W. Flanner partnered with his sister's husband, Charles Buchanan, and Flanner Buchanan was born by the collaboration in 1881.

"I take great pride in my family's 200-year history in Indiana and we're pleased to partner with Flanner House on this unique greenhouse project," said Bruce W. Buchanan, the fourth-generation owner and CEO of Flanner Buchanan. "The Buchanan family has been interwoven into Indianapolis since the city's founding in the 1820s. Community involvement and service have been important since day one."

Flanner Buchanan funeral directors gathered on March 8 to celebrate the company's 140th anniversary at its corporate headquarters. Pictured are (left to right) George Brown, Kandace Klingler, Emanuel Smith, Jan Smith, Jay Recker, Russell Beckner, Cari Jones, Tim Taylor, Jamie Weyer, Brian Vaughan, Shannon Yowler, Jerry Roberts, Dana Foster, Mark Worland, Emma Miner, Zoë Norris, Kristen Yonts, Lauren Secor, Stephanie Parrish-Goldsmith, and Omega Thomas.

image courtesy of Flanner Buchanan

The company's involvement with Indianapolis is also reflected by the company's large collection of Brown County paintings and other local artwork.

Flanner Buchanan has been a leader in the industry both nationally and locally. It was the first mortuary to employ a female embalmer, the first to use electric cars for funerals, and the first to establish a memorial dedicated to a state National Guard with its Hoosier Patriot Memorial at Washington Park East Cemetery.

Additionally, Flanner Buchanan became the second funeral home in the county to install a crematory (1904) and one of the first to embrace life celebrations, such as weddings, through the Community Life Center at Washington Park East (2001).

What started as a small partnership has become one of the leading diversified funeral companies in the United States.

For more information about the 140th anniversary, please visit flannerbuchanan.com/flanner-buchanan-140th-anniversary.

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