Veteran services at Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service
Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Neillsville, WI supports veteran families with military funeral arrangements. In their own words: "Gesche Funeral Home offers dedicated services for honoring veterans, including providing military honors as part of funeral arrangements. They have a specific section on their website for honoring veterans." Published pricing lists $6,095 for basic burial and $2,695 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.
Veteran-related services offered include cremation service, honoring veterans, and burial. Each service is coordinated with the family and, where applicable, with the deceased's last unit or branch honor detail.
The nearest VA national cemetery is Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in WI, approximately 75 miles from Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Wisconsin has approximately 539 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service publish funeral prices?
Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (715) 743-3322, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service is located at 4 S Grand Ave in Neillsville, WI. You can reach the home at (715) 743-3322. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service offer veteran families?
Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service provides personalized service, cremation service, funeral service, preplanning, grief support, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Gesche Funeral Home offers dedicated services for honoring veterans, including providing military honors as part of funeral arrangements. They have a specific section on their website for honoring veterans.
Which faith traditions does Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Catholic, United Church of Christ, Lutheran (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) families, among others.
What sets Gesche Funeral Home & Cremation Service apart
- Comprehensive 'Everything After' program for practical post-loss guidance (financial, digital accounts).
- Extensive 'Brighter Mornings' grief support program with therapist-created courses, assignments, and online groups.
- Personalized service emphasis, ensuring unique celebrations of life and legacy.
- Dedicated preplanning resources, including a checklist and secure online form, to ease family burden.
- Specific 'Away From Home Assurance' program.
- Staff members, particularly Tim Brekke and Lori Pekol, are noted in testimonials for exceptional personal assistance, including airport pickups and hosting families.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Burial
Cremation
- · Cremation Service
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Industry affiliations
- · National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) - Pursuit of Excellence Award recipient
Specializations
- · Away From Home Assurance
- · Grief Support
- · Preplanning
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, United Church of Christ, Lutheran (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod).
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.