Leavenworth Funeral Home, R.L. Leintz

The funeral profession of today differs from the funeral home of yester-year. Just like any other industry as a whole, the funeral home profession experienced many changes in the last twenty years. The greatest of those changes has been the consolidation of locally owned funeral homes by national and multi-national corporations.

In the past, all of the funeral homes in the Leavenworth-Lansing area were locally owned. Today, Lansing Funeral Home that is not the case. Why does ownership make a difference? Local ownership enables a funeral home to be more receptive and sensitive to your needs. A locally owned funeral home’s primary goal continues to be to serve the community of which its owners are a part, rather than to attract investors or impress stockholders. Focus on a profit margin may override community needs and concerns.

Local ownership allows for more flexibility in business policy. Special requests do not have to be approved by a board of directors or require frequent references to a corporate procedures manual. Your requests and total satisfaction are among the goals of a locally owned funeral home. Local funeral home owners understand their community and its citizens.

Using the services of a locally owned funeral home supports your community. Unlike profits earned by corporate chains, the dollars spent for funeral services stay locally and are reinvested in the greater Leavenworth and Lansing communities, not in the corporate offices in far-away communities. Dollars generated by serving local families stay in our communities, it does not go upwards to serve a greater entity. Local businesses tend to contribute more in the local area to the civic, charitable and economic concerns of our community, we live here too.