Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery

Veteran services at Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery

Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery, located in Indianapolis, IN, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery offers extensive veteran services, including draping the stretcher with an American flag during transport and identifying the coach with an American flag and service branch emblem for the final march. Pallbearers receive American flag lapel pins. A 'patriot's walk' with a double row of flags is installed at the graveside. A volunteer Honor Guard from local Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion Posts provides a final salute. The Armed Forces Veterans Program provides a complimentary veteran's burial space in the Field of Valor of America section, with only a state-mandated perpetual care fee. For U.S. armed forces members killed in action, all cemetery and funeral goods and services are complimentary." On-site amenities include chapel, reception hall, and parking, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $6,310 for basic burial and $2,550 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include cremation services, traditional burial, veterans burials & funerals, green burial, cemetery property, and online memorial. 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 and gardens. 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 Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery: direct cremation from $2,550. That places direct cremation roughly 11% above the Indiana median ($2,300). 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 Crown Hill National Cemetery Annex in IN, approximately 0 miles from Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery. Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Indiana has approximately 779 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What does a funeral at Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery cost for veteran families?

From its published general price list, direct cremation starts at $2,550. Eligible veterans can offset these costs with a VA burial allowance, and burial in a VA national cemetery is provided at no charge.

Where is Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?

Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery is located at 700 West 38Th Street in Indianapolis, IN. You can reach the home at (480) 964-4537. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.

What services does Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery offer veteran families?

Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery provides funeral planning, cremation services, traditional burial, celebration of life, veterans burials & funerals, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.

Does Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery help veterans with VA burial benefits?

Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery offers extensive veteran services, including draping the stretcher with an American flag during transport and identifying the coach with an American flag and service branch emblem for the final march. Pallbearers receive American flag lapel pins. A 'patriot's walk' with a double row of flags is installed at the graveside. A volunteer Honor Guard from local Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion Posts provides a final salute. The Armed Forces Veterans Program provides a complimentary veteran's burial space in the Field of Valor of America section, with only a state-mandated perpetual care fee. For U.S. armed forces members killed in action, all cemetery and funeral goods and services are complimentary.

Which faith traditions does Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery accommodate?

Staff coordinate services for Buddhism, Catholicism, Greek Orthodoxy, Hinduism, Islam families, among others.

What sets Crown Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery apart

On-site crematory with a viewing suite, ensuring continuous care for loved ones.
Celestis Memorial Spaceflight, offering unique memorialization by sending ashes into space.
Public Safety Heroes Program, providing complimentary services for career and volunteer public servants who die in the line of duty.
Dedicated Companion Meadow for pet burials and cremation memorials.
Guided historical public and private tours of the 555-acre historic cemetery, a National Register of Historic Places site.
Complimentary veteran's burial space in the Field of Valor of America section for active-duty, reserve, retired, or former military members (excluding perpetual care fee).

Military & veteran services offered

★Veterans Burials & Funerals

★Cemetery Property

★Online Memorial

Burial & cremation services

Burial

· Traditional Burial
· Green Burial

Cremation

· Cremation Services

On-site facilities

· Large Open-Concept Facility

· Chapel

· Reception Hall

· Parking

· Gardens

· Mausoleums

· Cremation Options

Affiliations & specializations

Industry affiliations

· Crematory
· Funeral Home
· Mortuary

Specializations

· Multilingual Staff (English, Italian, Spanish, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Tagalog)
· Diverse Religious and Cultural Funeral Rites
· International Shipping Arrangements
· Repatriation Services
· Police and Public Servant Funerals
· Green Burial
· Celestis Memorial Spaceflight

Religious traditions & languages

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

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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.

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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.