Veteran services at Hoening & Son Funeral Home
Hoening & Son Funeral Home is a funeral home in Fostoria, OH that accepts veteran families and provides military funeral honors coordination through the Department of Defense honors program.
Published pricing at Hoening & Son Funeral Home: direct cremation from $2,250. 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 Ohio Veterans Home Cemetery in OH, approximately 42 miles from Hoening & Son Funeral Home. Hoening & Son Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
What families have said
Recent reviews from families who used Hoening & Son Funeral Home. Reviews are sourced from Google Places and shown verbatim — we do not edit or filter for sentiment.
“Terrence of Hoening & Son was an absolute pleasure to work with. My Dad actually passed and was cremated by a different agency in Columbus, but it was important for our family to have services in Fostoria because that’s where our family is from (and laid to rest). Terrence helped me coordinate everything remotely, gave me his personal number to text, we met for the first time when we showed up for the service at the Fountain Cemetery. It was a beautiful and simple service and exactly what we had in mind. The military honors for my father were beautiful. And Terrence helped me to get his obituary edited and published to two different papers. Thank you for helping us make such a sad / painful experience as death so positive.”
“I needed to meet with a funeral director to explain the process of having a burial at Fountain Cemetery. I call Hoening & Son and immediately got an appointment with Terry the owner. Terry went out of his way to explain the process of burial when a person is cremated. Terry was very kind and not rushed he answered all of my questions. I would without hesitation recommend Hoening & Son Funeral Home my experience was great”
“If I could give more than five stars I would. Terry (Terrence) and his staff are compassionate, kind, trustworthy,and most of all they treat you like family. They make sure that all of the deceased and family wishes are carried through. I highly recommend Hoening & Son Funeral Home”
“The Hoening's are great people and have been in town for years and many years to come. They treat everyone with so much respect and are very thoughtful for those in need. Thank you for serving the community for so long!”
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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.