Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home

Veteran services at Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home

Veteran families in Lansdale, PA can turn to Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home assists veterans and their families with arranging and applying for burial benefits, including military funeral honors, burial in national cemeteries, and county burial benefits. A DD Form 214 is required. Spouses and dependents may also be eligible for burial benefits in a national cemetery, which includes perpetual care and inscription on the veteran's headstone at no cost." On-site amenities include funeral chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies.

Veteran-related services offered include cremation and burial. 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 funeral 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 Washington Crossing National Cemetery in PA, approximately 21 miles from Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home. Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Pennsylvania has approximately 1,623 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

Does Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home publish funeral prices?

Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (215) 855-3311, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.

Where is Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?

Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home is located at 701 Derstine Avenue in Lansdale, PA. You can reach the home at (215) 855-3311. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.

What services does Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home offer veteran families?

Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home provides funeral service, cremation, burial, mausoleum entombment, visitation, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.

Does Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?

Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home assists veterans and their families with arranging and applying for burial benefits, including military funeral honors, burial in national cemeteries, and county burial benefits. A DD Form 214 is required. Spouses and dependents may also be eligible for burial benefits in a national cemetery, which includes perpetual care and inscription on the veteran's headstone at no cost.

Which faith traditions does Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home accommodate?

Staff coordinate services for Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Mennonite, United Church of Christ, Methodist families, among others.

What sets Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home apart

Lansdale's oldest established funeral home and crematory, operating since 1878.
Features an on-site crematory, allowing the entire cremation process to be completed on premises.
Offers a spacious funeral chapel with seating for over 150 guests.
Provides three comfortable conference rooms for private arrangement discussions.
Equipped with a large television display for sharing memorial photographs and videos during services.
Offers extensive grief resources, including access to the Griefwords Online Library by Dr. Alan Wolfelt.

Military & veteran services offered

★Mausoleum Entombment

Burial & cremation services

Burial

· Burial
· Committal

Cremation

· Cremation

On-site facilities

· On-site Crematory

· Funeral Chapel

· Conference Rooms

· Television Display

· Casket Selection Area

· Urn Assortment

· Handicapped Accessible

Affiliations & specializations

Industry affiliations

· Montgomery County Funeral Directors Association

Specializations

· Veteran Services

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Mennonite, United Church of Christ, Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Islam.

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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.