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Crafting Your Legacy Message -
The Message of a Lifetime

Crafting Your Legacy Message - The Message of a LifetimeCrafting Your Legacy Message - The Message of a LifetimeCrafting Your Legacy Message - The Message of a Lifetime

Because There is More to Your Estate Than the Stuff You Leave Behind

Because There is More to Your Estate Than the Stuff You Leave BehindBecause There is More to Your Estate Than the Stuff You Leave BehindBecause There is More to Your Estate Than the Stuff You Leave Behind

Life-Legacy Services

What We Do

  • Help you Craft Your Legacy Message 
  • Review estate plans, we do not draft estate plans
  • Encourage  estate consultation with attorneys 
  • Archive and deliver the Legacy Message in accordance with instructions 
  • Backup and organize family archives - including  estate plans and  picture archives 
  • Help create  videos for family events like graduations and weddings 
  • Craft  videos for business succession  planning  
  • Craft recordings to complement estate plans that are admissible to Courts as evidence of intent and  instruction

Our Approach

Legacy Messages  can be recorded messages and they can be a compilation of  photo albums and  framed documents.  They are archived using a variety of formats  and organizations for protection and  long-term preservation.  Contact us to learn more about how we preserve and deliver your messages in the future. 

A Team in Your Corner

Each Legacy project is unique.   Our goal is to complete your project in a timely manner and within a contracted budget. There are many way to craft a Legacy Message, We will work with you to encourage the completion of your video in accordance with your budget. 

About Our Team Leaders

William Schretter, CLU, ChFC, CFP, ATA

 Senior Legacy Consultant

Life-Legacy Services   


Bill is dedicated to helping clients achieve their legacy goals through efficient and effective estate plans. He understands that there is more to your goals and legacy than just money. 


Since 1998, he has worked for a variety of firms in the financial services industry.  He has known too many talented and caring people whose estate plans were a mess and who did not provide adequate instruction to executors, trustees, guardians, and beneficiaries.  


He has lost too many that he has cared about while they were young, losing and missing their advice and wisdom.  We know that we are mortal and so we must plan for the day when we take a last few breaths. 


He lives in Lebanon, Ohio with his wife, Beckie (Miami Merger) and together they have two children. "

Sharon Bengel

Senior Legacy Message Production Consultant

Life-Legacy Services 

Sharon is an experienced storyteller who specializes in the crafting of your Legacy Message. After more than 25 years experience, her curiosity still isn't satisfied and she loves to hear your stories and work with you to preserve and share them. Using words, pictures, video and more, Sharon will help you create a legacy message that complements your purpose and your personality. 


 Sharon has told stories on everything from family legends to the complexity of school funding in Ohio! Her interview experience will put you at ease and help you create your "Message for a Lifetime" that will inspire future generations.

Samantha Scheifele

 Samantha Scheifele

Marketing & Creative Writing Consultant

Practical Wisdom Creative Services 


As a freelance creative writer, editor, and marketing specialist, Sam strives to help her clients communicate effectively while staying true to their personal or brand voice and style.

She believes that every person has a story worth telling, and an audience waiting to hear it.  Sam has a bachelor's degree and an associate's degree, both of which are from the University of Cincinnati. After graduating, she worked in a high-pressure sales environment for a few years before starting her freelance work through her company Practical Wisdom Creative Services, LLC. 


Although her earliest passion was poetry, Sam has expanded her expertise to include a wide array of marketing, sales, and editorial skills. Known as a positive and curious person, Sam embraces change and works to learn and engage in new experiences. When not hard at work, she can be found traveling the world, or relaxing with a good book and her cats at her home in Dayton, Ohio. 

Copyright © 2022 The Legacy Message - All Rights Reserved.                    Contact Bill Schretter   Office 513-295-3036    

Life-Legacy Services is not a financial, tax, or legal Advisory  Service 

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