Veteran services at Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home
Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home serves veteran families in Springfield, MA with military funeral planning. In their own words: "Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home offers specialized Veteran Funeral Services, assisting families with military honors, eligibility requirements, and benefits. They can help arrange for flag presentations, the playing of Taps, ceremonial honor guards, and provide guidance on burial in national cemeteries. The funeral home also assists with securing government-furnished headstones or markers and navigating potential reimbursement for burial expenses from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), working with Military Honors Coordinators to ensure a dignified ceremony." On-site amenities include north end chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $1,795 for basic burial and $1,600 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.
Veteran-related services offered include graveside services, memorial services, cremation services, and veteran funeral services. 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 north end 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 Massachusetts State Veterans Cemetery - Agawam in MA, approximately 6 miles from Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home. Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home also accommodates Catholic and Lgbtq Affirming traditions for veterans whose religious or cultural observance shapes the service. Military honors can be integrated into the family's tradition with no conflict — the honor detail observes the family's pace.
Massachusetts has approximately 579 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home publish funeral prices?
Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (413) 427-6383, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home is located at 730 State Street in Springfield, MA. You can reach the home at (413) 427-6383. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home offer veteran families?
Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home provides traditional services, graveside services, memorial services, cremation services, celebration of life services, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home offers specialized Veteran Funeral Services, assisting families with military honors, eligibility requirements, and benefits. They can help arrange for flag presentations, the playing of Taps, ceremonial honor guards, and provide guidance on burial in national cemeteries. The funeral home also assists with securing government-furnished headstones or markers and navigating potential reimbursement for burial expenses from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), working with Military Honors Coordinators to ensure a dignified ceremony.
Which faith traditions does Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Catholic, Protestant (including Baptist, Pentecostal, Seventh-day Adventist) families, among others.
What sets Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home apart
- Specialization in serving the Hispanic community in Springfield, MA.
- Offers a handcrafted "Remember Book" for preserving memories.
- Utilizes tailor-made software for customizable obituary pages, memorial videos, and funeral live streaming.
- Provides two distinct facility locations within Springfield, MA.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Graveside Services
Cremation
- · Cremation Services
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Specializations
- · Hispanic Community Services
- · Veteran Services
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Protestant (including Baptist, Pentecostal, Seventh-day Adventist). Languages spoken at the home: English, Spanish.
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.