Veteran services at Mortimore Funeral Home Inc
Mortimore Funeral Home Inc, located in Thermopolis, WY, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "Mortimore Funeral Home provides specialized support for veterans, including assistance with Veterans Overview, Headstones, and Burial Flags, ensuring proper honors and benefits are addressed." On-site amenities include on-site chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $6,365 for basic burial and $2,855 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.
Veteran-related services offered include memorial service, burial, cremation, veterans overview, veterans headstones, and veterans burial flags. 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.
The nearest VA national cemetery is Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery in WY, approximately 126 miles from Mortimore Funeral Home Inc. Mortimore Funeral Home Inc can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Wyoming has approximately 52 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Mortimore Funeral Home Inc is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Mortimore Funeral Home Inc publish funeral prices?
Mortimore Funeral Home Inc has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (307) 864-2666, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Mortimore Funeral Home Inc located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Mortimore Funeral Home Inc is located at 620 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, WY. You can reach the home at (307) 864-2666. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Mortimore Funeral Home Inc offer veteran families?
Mortimore Funeral Home Inc provides funeral service, memorial service, burial, cremation, pre-arrangements, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Mortimore Funeral Home Inc help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Mortimore Funeral Home provides specialized support for veterans, including assistance with Veterans Overview, Headstones, and Burial Flags, ensuring proper honors and benefits are addressed.
Which faith traditions does Mortimore Funeral Home Inc accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal families, among others.
What sets Mortimore Funeral Home Inc apart
- Personalized services tailored to individual lives, emphasized by their tagline "Services Unique As Life."
- Extensive selection of casket materials including bronze, copper, stainless steel, steel, and various woods, along with diverse urn options.
- Specialized services for veterans, assisting with headstones, burial flags, and benefits.
- Comprehensive grief support program, including a year of daily email messages and curated external resources.
- Pre-arrangement services with Great Western Insurance, handled by a Wyoming licensed Life Insurance agent.
- Assistance with Social Security benefits and other practical arrangements.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Burial
- · Burial Caskets
- · Burial Vaults
Cremation
- · Cremation
- · Urns
- · Urn Vaults
- · Cremation Caskets
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Industry affiliations
- · Great Western Insurance
Specializations
- · Veterans
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal.
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.