Veteran services at Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home
Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home, located in Ottawa, KS, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "The funeral home offers specific Veterans Information and services, including assistance with Veterans Administration paperwork for benefits. Staff member Ron Kimes served in the Kansas National Guard for twenty-one years." On-site amenities include chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists a quoted rate for basic burial and $2,870 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.
Veteran-related services offered include burial services, cremation, and memorial service. 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.
The nearest VA national cemetery is Leavenworth National Cemetery in KS, approximately 50 miles from Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home. Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home 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. Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home publish funeral prices?
Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (785) 242-3550, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home is located at 325 South Hickory Street in Ottawa, KS. You can reach the home at (785) 242-3550. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home offer veteran families?
Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home provides funeral services, burial services, cremation, pre-arrangements, memorial service, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?
The funeral home offers specific Veterans Information and services, including assistance with Veterans Administration paperwork for benefits. Staff member Ron Kimes served in the Kansas National Guard for twenty-one years.
Which faith traditions does Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Catholic, Wesleyan, Assembly of God, Baptist, Federated Church families, among others.
What sets Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home apart
- Operates multiple locations in Ottawa, Baldwin City, Overbrook, and Burlingame, Kansas.
- Offers individual and communal pet cremation services.
- Provides an online pre-planning tool for funeral arrangements.
- Features a third-generation funeral director, Eric D. Price.
- Offers a year of daily grief support messages via email.
- Provides dedicated information and services for veterans.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Burial Services
Cremation
- · Cremation
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Industry affiliations
- · Ottawa Masonic Lodge
- · Ottawa Optimist Club
- · Ottawa Rotary
- · Overbrook Rotary
Specializations
- · Pet Cremation
- · Veterans Services
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Wesleyan, Assembly of God, Baptist, Federated Church. Languages spoken at the home: English.
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.