Veteran services at Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville
For veterans in Belleville, KS, Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville coordinates military honors and burial benefits. The team handles VA burial allowances, honor-guard coordination, and national-cemetery scheduling.
The nearest VA national cemetery is Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Riley / Manhattan in KS, approximately 70 miles from Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville. Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Kansas has approximately 428 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville publish funeral prices?
Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (785) 527-2223, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville is located at 1322 19th Street - PO Box 326 in Belleville, KS. You can reach the home at (785) 527-2223. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
Does Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home Belleville assists veteran families with VA burial benefits, military funeral honors, and coordination with national and state veterans cemeteries. Eligible veterans may receive a burial allowance and a free government headstone.
EverSettled · After the Veteran Funeral
The veteran's spouse may qualify for VA Dependency & Indemnity Compensation.
DIC is a tax-free monthly benefit for surviving spouses, dependent children, and (in some cases) parents of veterans whose death is service-connected. EverSettled walks veteran families through DIC eligibility, survivor pension, life-insurance claims, probate, and the federal-account paperwork that follows.
Begin Veteran Estate SettlementHow honors are coordinated
Military funeral honors are guaranteed at no cost for any veteran discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. The funeral home arranges the honors detail by contacting the deceased's last unit or the nearest active-duty installation of the appropriate branch and submitting the DD-214 to verify eligibility.
For requests less than 72 hours from service time, families can call the Department of Defense's expedited honors line at 1-877-MIL-HONR (1-877-645-4667). See the full honors protocol.