Veteran services at Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home
Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home, located in Racine, WI, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home provides assistance with securing U.S. flags and arranging military honors for honorably discharged veterans. They also help families navigate VA cash benefits for burial expenses, burial plot allowances, and headstone or marker entitlements. The staff recommends contacting the Racine County Veteran's Service Office for expert advice and is familiar with procedures for burial in national and state veterans' cemeteries, including the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove, WI." On-site amenities include on-site chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $4,710 for basic burial and $2,028 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs. Across 35 Google reviews, the firm averages 4.6 stars.
Veteran-related services offered include traditional burial, cremation, memorial service, graveside service, military honors, and veteran's benefits assistance. 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 Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home: direct cremation from $2,028. That places direct cremation roughly 30% below the Wisconsin median ($2,885). 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 Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in WI, approximately 16 miles from Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home. Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home holds a 4.6-star rating from 35 Google reviews, indicating consistent service quality reported by families who have used the home for veteran and non-veteran services alike.
Wisconsin has approximately 539 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home is among them.
Frequently asked questions
What does a funeral at Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home cost for veteran families?
From its published general price list, direct cremation starts at $2,028. Eligible veterans can offset these costs with a VA burial allowance, and burial in a VA national cemetery is provided at no charge.
Where is Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home is located at 803 Main Street in Racine, WI. You can reach the home at (262) 634-7888. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home offer veteran families?
Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home provides life story experience, pre-planning, traditional burial, cremation, memorial service, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home provides assistance with securing U.S. flags and arranging military honors for honorably discharged veterans. They also help families navigate VA cash benefits for burial expenses, burial plot allowances, and headstone or marker entitlements. The staff recommends contacting the Racine County Veteran's Service Office for expert advice and is familiar with procedures for burial in national and state veterans' cemeteries, including the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove, WI.
Which faith traditions does Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Catholic, Jewish families, among others.
How do families rate Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home?
Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home holds a 4.6-star rating across 35 Google reviews from local families and veterans.
What sets Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home apart
- Life Story Experience, which involves writing, sharing, and preserving individual life stories in print, digital film, and on the web.
- Offers a price guarantee on funeral goods and services for pre-funded arrangements through an irrevocable burial trust.
- Assistance with navigating both veteran benefits and Social Security benefits processes.
- The facility is located in a historic building, originally constructed in 1847, that has been expanded and remodeled for modern accessibility.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Traditional Burial
- · Graveside Service
Cremation
- · Cremation
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Industry affiliations
- · LifeStoryNet, LLC
Specializations
- · Life Story Experience
- · Veteran's Benefits
- · Social Security Benefits
- · Pre-Need Planning
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Jewish. Languages spoken at the home: English.
What families have said
Recent reviews from families who used Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home. Reviews are sourced from Google Places and shown verbatim — we do not edit or filter for sentiment.
“A really wonderful, family run home that took good care of my grandfather and father's arrangements and service. We thank them for their kind approach.”
“My husband Steve passed away in March 2023. We worked with Duke, Tom, Joe and Charlie. They all were very respectful compassionate and helpful while we planned and executed the service and internment. We had a beautiful service- everything we asked for and it was perfect. They helped us plan and navigate through the process and were available to answer questions and be of assistance even weeks after it’s conclusion. Can’t say enough good things about them!”
“The Maresh Meredith Family did an outstanding job with our Mom's service in Dec 2018 (& our Dad's service in 2007). They are a 10+ in our family and we Highly recommend them to all. They are very compassionate and patient with family members. Our extended family has been using their servives for many, many years and will continue to do so. They are truly a very kind & wonderful bunch of people. Thanks So much for everything!”
“This Funeral Service is One of the Best that I have had an opportunity to Experience this last month! One of my Dearest Friends passed away unexpectedly and they were Quick to do the best job ever in a short period of time before the Friends & Family arrived to morn the untimely passing of someone who was extremely sweet and always wonderful to many of the people who had the Opportunity to know Her. I’m certainly interested in seeing about myself in my future plans of arranging services for my final exit from here. Certainly a great place for excellent customer Service with Professional excellence.”
“My father passed away. My children and myself were/are his only living blood and even adopted family he had left. Yet Maresh Meredith seen fit to only give me half of my father's ashes and release the rest to another person without telling us and without permission. That person seen fit to spread my father's ashes without my children and I in secret; to only be released in a Facebook video after the fact on my fathers birthday to hurt us! Once I called and confronted the funeral home it was admitted that the other person was given ashes. I will never forgive this place and will continue to tell everyone I know to stay clear! I asked for one song to be played on his video just one and it was also ignored. The funeral home also gave all the cards from the box contanining money to the same person who stole the ashes who was not actually family! My children and I never seen a dime of it. Futhermore we were forced to take a loan from the person they gave it to, as I had to get my children back home and to school in different states. We did not even know until after we signed to take the loan that this happened and people had put money in cards to help us. Money we never seen a dime of. Friends asked us after if we got the cards and money and if it helped, to which I knew nothing about! Also if your thinking the person who they listened too and stole my father's ashes, cards and extra funeral items paid for the funeral, you'd be wrong and incorrect. To the funeral home: pay better attention to whom the family members actually are, listen to them first; especially if the older louder people are not paying you! I was trying to grieve and had no one protecting me as my father was the last of our family. You scared my children and I for life by giving my father's ashes to someone who had no right to them what so ever! We told you not to release them to anyone but me his daughter! Furthermore you allowed us to believe we had all of his ashes until I had to see them being spread on a video on Facebook without my children & I present or invited. I can not even begin to explain the pain you have caused us. We feel very betrayed and heartbroken. This was just the start of our nightmare.”
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.