Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home

Veteran services at Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home

Veteran families in Lynn, MA can turn to Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home offers comprehensive veterans planning, including assistance with military funeral honors. They also participate in programs providing no-cost burial and funeral services for eligible homeless veterans and first responders who have died in the line of duty. Additionally, they offer specific memorial favors for veterans, such as commemorative dog tags and miniature replicas of military medals or insignia." On-site amenities include flexible chapel space, large chapel, and large reception area, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $5,000 for basic burial and $3,800 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include burial service, cremation service, veterans services, 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 flexible chapel space, large 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.

The nearest VA national cemetery is Massachusetts State Veterans Cemetery - Winchendon in MA, approximately 55 miles from Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home. Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Massachusetts has approximately 579 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home apart

• One of the largest and most complete funeral facilities on the Massachusetts North Shore, following expansions in 1981 and 1992.
• Personalized services designed to incorporate a loved one's hobbies, passions, and achievements into the memorial.
• Affiliation with Dignity Memorial, providing access to a broad network of resources and a 100% service guarantee.
• Extensive range of services including remote arrangements, home and mail delivery of ashes, video production, and comprehensive memorialization programs (online memorials, keepsake programs, tribute movies, memory books).
• Flexible event spaces, a large-capacity chapel (up to 250 guests), and dedicated reception areas, along with gardens and mausoleums.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Asian traditions, Buddhist, Catholic, Christian (Protestant), Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Hispanic traditions, Black Funeral Traditions. Languages spoken at the home: English, Spanish, French.

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.