Veteran services at Parker Funeral Home, Inc.
Parker Funeral Home, Inc. is a funeral home in Parker, CO that accepts veteran families and provides military funeral honors coordination through the Department of Defense honors program.
Published pricing at Parker Funeral Home, Inc.: direct cremation from $2,190. 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 Fort Logan National Cemetery in CO, approximately 17 miles from Parker Funeral Home, Inc.. Parker Funeral Home, Inc. can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Parker Funeral Home, Inc. holds a 4.0-star rating from 38 Google reviews, indicating consistent service quality reported by families who have used the home for veteran and non-veteran services alike.
What families have said
Recent reviews from families who used Parker Funeral Home, Inc.. Reviews are sourced from Google Places and shown verbatim — we do not edit or filter for sentiment.
“The staff at Parker Funeral Home were amazing. We worked with Eric Ray primarily. The service we received was kind, thoughtful and compassionate. They went above and beyond in handling all the details following the passing of our son. In the sad event that their services are required, we highly recommend. Thank you so much for everything, Eric and Parker Funeral Home, from the bottom of our hearts.”
“I can’t recommend this place for caring of a loved one. Their only role was to receive my mothers body from the nearby coroner, transport her to the nearby university (where she donated her body for science) and mail me (same city) with the requested death certificates. No funeral, no body services, just transportation and documentation. Eric is the person supposedly “helping” me and he has no follow through skills, poor communication skills, and after getting their several thousand dollar fee, simply stopped responding to my follow ups about the death certificates.”
“Lack of compassion. My elderly mother passed away. She wanted to keep things simple so we only used Parker Funeral Home for the most basic services (cremation). My father (married 62 years), sister and I went to the funeral home to make arrangements and do the paperwork for the death certificate. I was shocked at the lack of compassion and lack of professionalism demonstrated by this funeral home. I got more compassion from the vet's office who euthanized my dog and the pet crematorium who provided those services. No one was at the door when we arrived for our appointment. I had to go knock on doors looking for someone. Finally, someone game out in dirty sweats and directed the family and I to an office. We were then greeted by the funeral home's rep whose demeanor was completely inappropriate for the occasion. He was disorganized and proceeded to 'smoke and joke' with us as he fumbled through the paperwork. Zero compassion, zero professionalism for us after the loss of our wife and mother.”
“Though I did not experience planning a funeral with this company, I did attend one at their facility. I really appreciate how their staff handled a situation when my mother suddenly became ill. The gentleman from the mortuary was very kind, helpful, generous and compassionate. It meant a lot to me to have received this supportive response from him. Also, everything in the facility was very nice and went well.”
“I’m not sure if they do this on purpose in hopes to get more clients or what. But once a week I have to drive down Parkglenn to get to a client - and they have cars parked on both sides of the very small road which clearly obstruct the views of cars exiting their parking lot. The cars pull out frequently into oncoming traffic - maybe they are poor drivers…but from my perspective their line of sight is clearly obstructed by all the vehicles parked there (which appear to never move and just sit there parked permanently). I am not looking to become a client of your funeral home because someone pulls out into traffic and kills me. Fix your parking arrangement or ask the owners of those vehicles to move off the street.”
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.