Meadow Green Funeral Home & Cemetery

Veteran services at Meadow Green Funeral Home & Cemetery

Meadow Green Funeral Home & Cemetery in Huron, OH supports veteran families with military funeral arrangements. In their own words: "Meadow Green Funeral Home and Cemetery provides comprehensive support for honoring veterans. This includes coordinating military funeral honors, which are free for eligible veterans and involve the folding and presentation of the American flag, and the playing of Taps by an honor guard. Additional honors can include a three-volley rifle salute, draping the U.S. flag over the casket, and a final gravesite salute. The funeral home assists families with navigating benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), such as obtaining Presidential Memorial Certificates, securing headstones or markers, arranging memorial plots, facilitating burial in VA national cemeteries (including gravesite, opening/closing, grave box, and perpetual care), and understanding reimbursement for burial expenses. Veterans also receive a $150 discount when purchasing cemetery property at Meadow Green Memorial Park. Eligibility for military honors is verified by the veteran’s DD-214 or discharge papers, covering active duty members, Selected Reserve members, and former military members with honorable discharges."

Veteran-related services offered include memorial service, burial, cremation, christian burial mass, veterans services, and burial caskets. Each service is coordinated with the family and, where applicable, with the deceased's last unit or branch honor detail.

The nearest VA national cemetery is Ohio Veterans Home Cemetery in OH, approximately 8 miles from Meadow Green Funeral Home & Cemetery. Meadow Green Funeral Home & Cemetery can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Ohio has approximately 1,266 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Meadow Green Funeral Home & Cemetery is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Meadow Green Funeral Home & Cemetery apart

• Integrated funeral home and cemetery services at one location, offering convenience and potential cost savings.
• Extensive range of burial options, including traditional plots, mausoleum entombment, private estates, double-depth vaults, and a dedicated Arbor of Angels for child burials.
• Diverse cremation options, from standard niches and columbariums to unique glass-front niches in the Chapel of Resurrection, Holy Cross Garden urns, and personalized niche banks at St. Ann's Hill.
• Comprehensive veteran services, including military funeral honors coordination, assistance with VA benefits (certificates, headstones, burial in national cemeteries, expense reimbursement), and a $150 discount on cemetery property for veterans.
• Specialized pet cremation services through Groff Pet Loss Services, managed by a dedicated Pet Care Director.
• Personalization options such as life tribute videos, custom stationery with over 500 themes, and keepsake candles.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, United Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Southern Baptist.

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.