Veteran services at Home for Funerals - Stanton
Home for Funerals - Stanton is a funeral home in Stanton, NE that accepts veteran families and provides military funeral honors coordination through the Department of Defense honors program.
The nearest VA national cemetery is Omaha National Cemetery in NE, approximately 79 miles from Home for Funerals - Stanton. Home for Funerals - Stanton 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 Home for Funerals - Stanton. Reviews are sourced from Google Places and shown verbatim — we do not edit or filter for sentiment.
“The staff are very friendly while being professional. We were able to communicate freely and were assisted with the utmost respect. The death of our loved one was made less difficult by these down to earth caring staff.”
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.