Home In 1985, father and son, Theodore R. Dungjen and
Brian W. Dungjen formed Lakeshore Title Company. In the beginning, Lakeshore Title Company serviced Kalkaska,
Benzie, Grand Traverse, Antrim and Leelanau counties. They
were headquartered in a basement office in Traverse City and supported by a
2-drawer file cabinet and an IBM typewriter.
In the intervening years, Lakeshore Title Company has grown to a full
service title insurance and closing company with 11 full time employees.
In 1986, Lakeshore Title Company relocated their offices to Beulah.
Lakeshore Title Company worked to expand their service and in 1988 hired Paul
Szymanski, an examiner with 13 years of experience in Benzie County.
In 1991 they expanded
the service offerings by merging with Crystal Lake Title Company.
The owner of Crystal Lake Title Company, Linda Moorey Kehr, an attorney,
joined the staff to provide legal services as well as add her years of
experience in Benzie County title matters. Lakeshore Title Company has since
focused their attention on providing service to clients in Benzie, Manistee, and
Leelanau counties.
During Lakeshore Title
Company’s long time association with the lenders and realtors of the Benzie
County area, the staff has developed many friendly relationships with them. To show their appreciation, Lakeshore Title Company began an
Open House tradition involving a summer afternoon of barbecue, live music, and
the chance to set aside business concerns for a while and just enjoy the people
that make the company and community successful. The Open House debuted in 1992 to celebrate the designation
of the Beulah office as the Lakeshore Title Company World Headquarters, and has
become a favorite and anticipated event for the staff and clients. Our
most recent event celebrated the retirement of our founder, Ted Dungjen and the
advent of his sons, Brian and Bill taking over management duties.
Lakeshore Title
Company is looking forward to the technological advances being made which hold
great promise for the future of title insurance and is committed to providing an
improved level of personal service and friendly concern for our customers in the
faster paced, electronic age. It
has always been the mission of Lakeshore Title Company to provide courteous
service. The information age provides us more opportunities to insure
our clients receive the optimal value for their title insurance premium and the
most careful and considered approach to the closing of their real estate
transactions.