Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation

Veteran services at Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation

Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation in Bellefontaine, OH supports veteran families with military funeral arrangements. In their own words: "Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home is a Veterans Choice Funeral Home and a Veterans & Family Memorial Care Provider. They offer specific assistance with veterans' burial benefits, including free burial for honorably discharged veterans and their spouses. This includes a gravesite in any VA national cemetery with available space, opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, all at no cost to the family. They also provide a free eBook detailing available veteran burial benefits." Published pricing lists $2,395 for basic burial and $2,990 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include burial, cremation, online memorials, veterans' burial benefits, and pet cremation. Each service is coordinated with the family and, where applicable, with the deceased's last unit or branch honor detail.

Published pricing at Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation: direct cremation from $1,195. That places direct cremation roughly 42% below the Ohio median ($2,050). 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 Dayton National Cemetery in OH, approximately 50 miles from Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation. Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Ohio has approximately 1,266 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation apart

• Operates an on-site, pet-only crematory at their Bellefontaine campus, offering individual private pet cremations with customized urns, fur clippings, and paw prints.
• Designated as a Veterans Choice Funeral Home and a Veterans & Family Memorial Care Provider, offering specific expertise and assistance with veterans' burial benefits.
• Provides a year of free daily grief support emails to families served, extending care beyond the immediate service.
• Offers comprehensive online resources for preplanning, including checklists and eBooks on burial/cremation options and veterans' benefits.
• Staff members are actively involved in local community organizations and churches, demonstrating deep roots in the Jackson Center and wider Shelby County area.
• Emphasizes personalized services and collaboration with hospices to ensure a continuum of care.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Church of Christ, Baptist.

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.