# Messenger

> Messenger is an Auburn, Indiana company supplying funeral professionals with memorial stationery, personalized keepsakes, printing and design services, insurance assignment funding, and business software. Founded by Frank Messenger in 1913 as a religious-calendar business, it now operates a portfolio including Messenger Stationery, Thumbies, Express Funeral Funding, CemSites, and Just Digital.

- **Founded:** 1913
- **Headquarters:** Auburn, United States
- **Founders:** Frank Messenger (Founder)
- **Products:** Messenger Stationery, Make It! Personal, Signature Service, Design Service, Thumbies and Buddies Keepsakes
- **Notable:** Founded in 1913 and still operating more than a century later., More than 10,000 national customers reported by Riverarch., Acquired Express Funeral Funding in 2019, Bass-Mollett and Thumbies in 2022, and UK-based Just Digital in 2024.

## Products & services

- **Messenger Stationery** — Register books, service folders, prayer cards, acknowledgements, bookmarks, and related memorial and service products supplied to funeral professionals.
- **Make It! Personal** — Free web-based personalization application for Messenger stationery, with templates and case-data imports; funeral homes purchase themed stock and print personalization locally.
- **Signature Service** — Outsourced design, printing, and shipping of personalized stationery; same-day shipping is available.
- **Design Service** — Messenger prepares personalized PDF files for funeral homes to print on their own Messenger stock; same-day PDF delivery is available.
- **Thumbies and Buddies Keepsakes** — Personalized fingerprint and pet-print jewelry and keepsakes; Messenger acquired Thumbies in September 2022.
- **Express Funeral Funding** — Insurance assignment funding and claims administration for funeral homes and cemeteries; acquired by Messenger in 2019.
- **Send With Love** — Website-integrated sympathy gift store, with products sourced and fulfilled by Messenger and cashback for funeral-home partners.
- **CemSites** — Cloud-based cemetery, crematory, and funeral-home software; portfolio includes cemetery management, Last Rites, and Pyre.
- **Just Digital** — UK personalized print-services business acquired by Messenger Holdings in 2024.
- **Tukios integration** — Partner-provided tribute videos through Make It! Personal, with funeral-home website and sympathy-store integration offerings.

## Achievements

- Founded in 1913 and still operating more than a century later.
- More than 10,000 national customers reported by Riverarch.
- Acquired Express Funeral Funding in 2019, Bass-Mollett and Thumbies in 2022, and UK-based Just Digital in 2024.
- Preferred Partner of Selected Independent Funeral Homes.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Andy Buckman was promoted to Chief Sales Officer across Messenger Stationery, Thumbies, Express Funeral Funding, CemSites, and Just Digital, while retaining his EFF presidency.
- **2026-04** — Chelsey Sholl was promoted to Director of Human Resources for the Messenger family of brands.

## Links

- Website: https://www.themessengerco.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/messenger/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/messengerllc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMessengerCo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themessengerco/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/messengerstationery

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Last updated: 2026-10-02