Lee's Funeral Home

Veteran services at Lee's Funeral Home

For veterans in White Plains, NY, Lee's Funeral Home coordinates military honors and burial benefits. In their own words: "Lee's Funeral Home, LLC offers specialized services for veterans, acknowledging their service and ensuring appropriate honors and benefits are arranged." On-site amenities include on-site chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $4,820 for basic burial and $2,980 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include cremation services, veteran services, memorial service, and graveside 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 on-site 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.

Published pricing at Lee's Funeral Home: direct cremation from $2,980. That places direct cremation roughly 30% above the New York median ($2,300). 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 St. Albans National Cemetery in NY, approximately 23 miles from Lee's Funeral Home. Lee's Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

New York has approximately 1,440 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Lee's Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Lee's Funeral Home apart

• Operated by a third-generation licensed funeral director, Jennifer Lee.
• Jennifer Lee's extensive professional certifications (CFSP, CFSGM) and appointments to the New York State Funeral Directing Advisory Board and Metropolitan Funeral Directors Association.
• JoAnne Lee's background as a registered nurse, author of "Three Things to Know Before Making Funeral Arrangements," and her significant involvement with community and hospice boards, including Westchester Hospice and Palliative Care.
• The firm's stated history of "over a century of serving" the community.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Armenian Christian. Languages spoken at the home: English.

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.