Veteran services at Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc.
Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. serves veteran families in Connellsville, PA with military funeral planning. In their own words: "The funeral home provides specialized services for veterans, including assistance with veterans' headstones and burial flags. They offer a dedicated 'Veterans Overview' section on their website detailing these benefits." Published pricing lists $5,100 for basic burial and $1,395 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.
Veteran-related services offered include veterans services, veterans headstones, veterans burial flags, memorial services, cremation, and burial. 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 National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in PA, approximately 36 miles from Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc.. Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Pennsylvania has approximately 1,623 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. publish funeral prices?
Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (724) 628-1872, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. is located at 418 North Pittsburgh Street in Connellsville, PA. You can reach the home at (724) 628-1872. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. offer veteran families?
Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. provides funeral service arrangements, casket choices, funeral flowers, grief support, pre-planning, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. help veterans with VA burial benefits?
The funeral home provides specialized services for veterans, including assistance with veterans' headstones and burial flags. They offer a dedicated 'Veterans Overview' section on their website detailing these benefits.
Which faith traditions does Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Apostolic Holiness, Baptist, Church of God, Church of Christ, Global Methodist families, among others.
What sets Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc. apart
- Operates from a temporary facility (Apostolic Holiness Church) while its main building undergoes restoration after a 2025 fire.
- Recipient of the "Best in Fayette 2024 Silver" award for Funeral Home/Services.
- Owner Dennis N. Heath, Jr. also serves as a municipal police officer and Fayette County Constable.
- Licensed Funeral Director Bethany C. Moscalink is also a Clinical Embalming Preceptor at the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.
- Offers a year of daily grief support messages via email.
- Provides dedicated pet loss support resources.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Burial
Cremation
- · Cremation
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Industry affiliations
- · Southwestern Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Assoc.
- · Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Assoc.
- · National Funeral Directors Assoc.
- · Connellsville Rotary
- · Fayette County Coroner
- · Fayette County Constable
- · New Haven Hose Fire Company
Specializations
- · Funeral Home/Services
- · Veterans
- · Pet Loss
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Apostolic Holiness, Baptist, Church of God, Church of Christ, Global Methodist, Roman Catholic. Languages spoken at the home: English.
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.