Beyers Funeral Home & Crematory

General information

In 1920, Ivan E. Beyers established Beyers Funeral Home in Umatilla, Florida. In 1931, Mr. Beyers purchased the L.C. Page Funeral Home in Leesburg and relocated Beyers Funeral Home to its present location. In 1956 we built Central Florida’s first standalone funeral chapel and in 1987 we added the first crematory in Lake and Sumter Counties.

In 1976, Mr. Beyers realized the need to return to Umatilla, and a new chapel was opened under the direction of Doug Hasley and has served the community continuously since. Beyers Funeral Home in Astor was opened as our third funeral chapel in 1983. It was added to meet the needs of a small community that had no “local option” for funeral service and works closely with the staff of our Umatilla chapel to care for the community.

Due to the rapid growth in The Villages-Lady Lake area and desiring to serve the increasing number of families just outside of our Leesburg area, we opened our The Villages-Lady Lake Chapel under the direction of Joe Sellers in 1990. As the area continued to grow, so did we. By renovating and expanding our facilities in 2007, we are now better able to serve these families.

In 2007, Purcell Funeral Home, established in 1960 by John Purcell to meet the needs of the Bushnell area, became part of the Beyers Funeral Home family.