Veteran services at Colyer Funeral Home
Colyer Funeral Home serves veteran families in Torrington, WY with military funeral planning. In their own words: "Colyer Funeral Home provides comprehensive veteran's services, assisting families with applications for military honors, Presidential Memorial Certificates, and veteran memorial markers or headstones. They coordinate existing paid pre-plan funding benefits and necessary documentation for honors, working with national or state veterans’ cemeteries. Eligibility typically requires an honorable discharge from active duty or the Selected Reserve. The staff is committed to providing deeply meaningful and honoring ceremonies for those who served." On-site amenities include on-site chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists a quoted rate for basic burial and $3,395 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs. A smaller but favorable set of 6 reviews averages 4.3 stars.
Veteran-related services offered include honoring life, cremation, and traditional 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 on-site chapel. 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 Nebraska Veterans Cemetery at Alliance in NE, approximately 70 miles from Colyer Funeral Home. Colyer Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Wyoming has approximately 52 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Colyer Funeral Home is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Colyer Funeral Home publish funeral prices?
Colyer Funeral Home has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (307) 532-2320, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Colyer Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Colyer Funeral Home is located at PO Box 20 / 2935 Main in Torrington, WY. You can reach the home at (307) 532-2320. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Colyer Funeral Home offer veteran families?
Colyer Funeral Home provides honoring life, grief support, cremation, traditional burial, pre need funeral insurance, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Colyer Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Colyer Funeral Home provides comprehensive veteran's services, assisting families with applications for military honors, Presidential Memorial Certificates, and veteran memorial markers or headstones. They coordinate existing paid pre-plan funding benefits and necessary documentation for honors, working with national or state veterans’ cemeteries. Eligibility typically requires an honorable discharge from active duty or the Selected Reserve. The staff is committed to providing deeply meaningful and honoring ceremonies for those who served.
Which faith traditions does Colyer Funeral Home accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Baptist, Congregational, Lutheran (Missouri Synod), Catholic, Episcopal families, among others.
How do families rate Colyer Funeral Home?
Colyer Funeral Home holds a 4.3-star rating across 6 Google reviews from local families and veterans.
What sets Colyer Funeral Home apart
- Privately owned and operated by local Goshen County residents since 1927, ensuring deep community ties and personalized service.
- Specialized and comprehensive veteran's services, including assistance with benefit applications, military honors coordination, and memorial markers.
- Extensive staff experience, with key personnel like Stan Jepson having over 40 years of service in the community.
- Provision of online grief support resources and community events for ongoing healing and remembrance.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Traditional Burial
Cremation
- · Cremation
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Industry affiliations
- · International Order of the Golden Rule
Specializations
- · Veteran's Services
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, Congregational, Lutheran (Missouri Synod), Catholic, Episcopal, Mennonite, Presbyterian, Seventh-Day Adventist, Nazarene, Berean Bible Church. Languages spoken at the home: English.
What families have said
Hunter handled a 12-year-old prepaid arrangement smoothly, though one family reported significant concerns about the deceased's preparation and appearance during viewing.
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.