Veteran services at Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home
Veteran families in Grant City, MO can turn to Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home offers specialized services for veterans, including assistance with obtaining veterans' headstones and burial flags. They also help arrange military rites for services."
Veteran-related services offered include cremation, memorial services, burial caskets, burial vaults, memorial markers, and cremation 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 Iowa Veterans Cemetery in IA, approximately 77 miles from Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home. Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Missouri has approximately 607 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home publish funeral prices?
Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (660) 564-3388, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home is located at 200 South Front Street in Grant City, MO. You can reach the home at (660) 564-3388. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home offer veteran families?
Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home provides funeral planning, funeral pre-planning, embalming, cremation, funeral services, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home offers specialized services for veterans, including assistance with obtaining veterans' headstones and burial flags. They also help arrange military rites for services.
Which faith traditions does Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Baptist, Christian, Methodist, Churches of Christ families, among others.
What sets Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home apart
- Nearly 150 years of continuous service in the Grant City area.
- 24/7 phone support for immediate assistance.
- Offers a year-long daily grief support message program via email.
- Specializes in Veterans Services, including assistance with headstones and burial flags.
- Provides pre-planning licenses and an online pre-arrangements form for future arrangements.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Burial Caskets
- · Burial Vaults
Cremation
- · Cremation
- · Urns
- · Urn Vaults
- · Cremation Caskets
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Specializations
- · Veterans Services
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, Christian, Methodist, Churches of Christ. 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.