Veteran services at Family To Family Funeral Services
Family To Family Funeral Services, located in Gardena, CA, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "Family To Family Funeral Services offers specialized support for veterans, including assistance with obtaining veterans' headstones and burial flags. They also help families navigate the process of filing necessary paperwork with the Veterans Administration to ensure the receipt of eligible benefits." On-site amenities include chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies.
Veteran-related services offered include memorial service, burial, cremation, veterans services, rush cremation, and witnessing cremation. 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. 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 Los Angeles National Cemetery Annex in CA, approximately 15 miles from Family To Family Funeral Services. Family To Family Funeral Services can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
California has approximately 1,115 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Family To Family Funeral Services is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Family To Family Funeral Services publish funeral prices?
Family To Family Funeral Services has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (424) 340-2560, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Family To Family Funeral Services located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Family To Family Funeral Services is located at 15305 South Normandie Ave. in Gardena, CA. You can reach the home at (424) 340-2560. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Family To Family Funeral Services offer veteran families?
Family To Family Funeral Services provides funeral service, memorial service, burial, cremation, pre-arrangements, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Family To Family Funeral Services help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Family To Family Funeral Services offers specialized support for veterans, including assistance with obtaining veterans' headstones and burial flags. They also help families navigate the process of filing necessary paperwork with the Veterans Administration to ensure the receipt of eligible benefits.
What sets Family To Family Funeral Services apart
- Offers a private autopsy room as part of its facilities.
- Provides ceremonial bathing, dressing, and casketing services.
- Delivers a year of daily grief support emails to families.
- Facilitates online funeral fund donations directly to the funeral home.
- Creates personalized tribute videos from family photographs.
- Supports the 'Have the Talk of a Lifetime' program for end-of-life conversations.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Burial
Cremation
- · Cremation
- · Rush Cremation
- · Witnessing Cremation
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Specializations
- · Veterans Services
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.