Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home

Veteran services at Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home

Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home in Kansas City, KS supports veteran families with military funeral arrangements. In their own words: "Chapel Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens is a Level One Founding Community Partner, offering specialized veteran's memorial services. The Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens features a Garden of Valor and displays an Avenue of Flags on patriotic holidays. The American Legion also coordinates flag placement on veterans' graves within the cemetery." On-site amenities include ample parking, 180-seat chapel, and chapel hill memorial gardens (60 acres), suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists a quoted rate for basic burial and $1,045 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include traditional burial, cremation, memorial services, veteran services, cemetery property, and ground burial. 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 180-seat chapel, chapel hill memorial gardens (60 acres), lawn crypt garden, masonic garden, and garden of valor. 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.

The nearest VA national cemetery is Leavenworth National Cemetery in KS, approximately 13 miles from Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home. Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home 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. Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home apart

• Located on a 60-acre site with an integrated memorial gardens, eliminating the need for funeral processions.
• Offers one of the largest chapels in Kansas City with 180 seats and a dining area for up to 80 guests.
• Provides a 100% service guarantee, promising to make right any detail that does not meet expectations, up to refunding that portion of the service.
• Offers concierge delivery of ashes to the family's home, clergy, or cemetery within a 30-mile radius.
• Provides a complimentary cremation placement or credit towards another cemetery option at select Dignity Memorial cemeteries.
• Features a 'Signature Dedication' ceremony for families picking up ashes, offering a special moment to honor their loved one.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Buddhism, Catholicism, Greek Orthodoxy, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Protestantism, Masonic. Languages spoken at the home: English, Español.

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.