Butterworth Funeral Home - Arthur A. Wright Chapel

Veteran services at Butterworth Funeral Home - Arthur A. Wright Chapel

Butterworth Funeral Home - Arthur A. Wright Chapel serves veteran families in Seattle, WA with military funeral planning. In their own words: "Butterworth Funeral Home offers military funerals and veterans planning services. The nearby Hills of Eternity Cemetery also provides military memorial services, including offering veteran burial flags." On-site amenities include chapel, reception hall, and chapel balcony, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $3,895 for basic burial and $1,920 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include burial, cremation, water cremation, memorial service, military funerals, and cemetery flower arrangement delivery. Each service is coordinated with the family and, where applicable, with the deceased's last unit or branch honor detail.

On-site facilities of note include chapel, chapel balcony, queen anne columbarium, and cremation niches. These spaces accommodate full military honors details, family gatherings before and after the service, and the placement of the United States flag during the visitation period.

Published pricing at Butterworth Funeral Home - Arthur A. Wright Chapel: direct cremation from $2,385. That places direct cremation roughly 60% above the Washington median ($1,492). Veterans who served on active duty for at least 24 months may qualify for VA burial allowance to offset funeral costs — this home accepts assignment of those benefits where eligible.

The nearest VA national cemetery is Tahoma National Cemetery in WA, approximately 22 miles from Butterworth Funeral Home - Arthur A. Wright Chapel. Butterworth Funeral Home - Arthur A. Wright Chapel can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Washington has approximately 269 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Butterworth Funeral Home - Arthur A. Wright Chapel is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Butterworth Funeral Home - Arthur A. Wright Chapel apart

• Offers more end-of-life options than other providers in the Seattle area, including traditional burial, flame cremation, water cremation, and human composting.
• Features the Queen Anne Columbarium, the only columbarium in downtown Seattle, adjacent to the funeral home.
• Provides a 100% Service Guarantee, offering a refund for any unsatisfactory aspect of the service.
• Offers Lifetime Flexibility for prepaid plans, allowing changes to arrangements at any time.
• Includes Relocation Protection for prepaid plans, making them transferable to any qualifying Dignity Memorial provider in North America.
• Provides a Purchase Protection Plan for cemetery property, covering remaining balances if the purchaser passes away before full payment (under specific conditions).

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Jewish, Catholic, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Protestant/Christian. Languages spoken at the home: English, Spanish.

How 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.