Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel

Veteran services at Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel

Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel, located in Coffeyville, KS, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel provides extensive support for veterans and their families, including a 32-page "American Veterans’ Guide to VA Funeral, Burial, & Memorial Benefits." This guide offers clear, actionable information on available benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), covering funeral, cremation, memorial, and burial assistance. It details eligibility, application procedures, required documents (such as the DD-214), and how to access military honors like burial flags, ceremonies, and headstones. The guide also addresses burial at sea and private cemetery benefit options, and assists with obtaining or replacing military medals and certificates. The chapel helps families navigate the VA claims process, highlighting the "duty to assist" standard and the "benefit of the doubt" given to veterans in close cases." On-site amenities include chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $5,405 for basic burial and $2,395 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include traditional burial, cremation, 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. 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 Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel: direct cremation from $2,395. That places direct cremation roughly 10% below the Kansas median ($2,647). 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 Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Winfield in KS, approximately 74 miles from Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel. Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Kansas has approximately 428 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel apart

• 126 years of continuous service in Coffeyville, Kansas.
• Specialization in Veterans' Affairs Benefits, offering a comprehensive 32-page guide to VA funeral, burial, and memorial benefits.
• Specialized support and guidance for families experiencing child loss, including specific communication advice for friends and loved ones.
• Provision of a year of free daily grief support emails and a grief support newsletter.
• Online Memorials with interactive features like condolences, memory sharing, and virtual candles.
• Creation of personalized Tribute Videos from family photographs.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Christian (Baptist), Christian (Catholic), Christian (Assembly of God), Christian (Non-denominational). Languages spoken at the home: English.

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.