Fitzgerald Funeral Home - Mulford

Veteran services at Fitzgerald Funeral Home - Mulford

Fitzgerald Funeral Home - Mulford, located in Rockford, IL, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "Fitzgerald Funeral Home offers specialized Veterans Services, including assistance with benefits and specific ceremonies to honor those who have served. They provide resources and guidance for families of veterans." On-site amenities include mulford chapel and riverside chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $5,570 for basic burial and $3,265 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include cremation services and veterans services. 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 mulford chapel and riverside 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 Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in WI, approximately 56 miles from Fitzgerald Funeral Home - Mulford. Fitzgerald Funeral Home - Mulford can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Illinois has approximately 1,192 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Fitzgerald Funeral Home - Mulford is among them.

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What sets Fitzgerald Funeral Home - Mulford apart

• First funeral home in Northern Illinois with an on-site crematory at its Mulford Chapel (opened 1996).
• Recipient of multiple National Funeral Director’s Pursuit of Excellence Awards, including the "Best of the Best" Award in 2012.
• Offers the Soulprints Aftercare Program, providing individual/family grief support and a year of daily grief messages.
• Advocacy for organ and tissue donation, with owner Tom Fitzgerald receiving the Lifesaving Partners award from the Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Network.
• Provides Spanish-speaking services to the community.
• Offers livestreaming of services and personalized online memorials with tribute videos.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Lutheran. Languages spoken at the home: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Lao.

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.