Schmidt Family Funeral Home

Veteran services at Schmidt Family Funeral Home

Veteran families in Atlantic, IA can turn to Schmidt Family Funeral Home for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "Schmidt Family Funeral Home provides comprehensive veteran services, assisting families with completing necessary forms to obtain benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. These benefits include burial allowances, memorial items for VA national cemeteries, and arranging military funeral honors such as the playing of 'Taps,' rifle detail, color guard, and flag presentation. They also offer an eBook with valuable information about veteran burial benefits." On-site amenities include reception hall, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $5,950 for basic burial and $3,450 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include cremation services and online memorial. 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 55 miles from Schmidt Family Funeral Home. Schmidt Family Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Iowa has approximately 577 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Schmidt Family Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

Does Schmidt Family Funeral Home publish funeral prices?

Schmidt Family Funeral Home has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (712) 243-4111, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.

Where is Schmidt Family Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?

Schmidt Family Funeral Home is located at 1804 East 7Th Street in Atlantic, IA. You can reach the home at (712) 243-4111. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.

What services does Schmidt Family Funeral Home offer veteran families?

Schmidt Family Funeral Home provides funeral services, cremation services, monuments, online memorial, tribute video, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.

Does Schmidt Family Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?

Schmidt Family Funeral Home provides comprehensive veteran services, assisting families with completing necessary forms to obtain benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. These benefits include burial allowances, memorial items for VA national cemeteries, and arranging military funeral honors such as the playing of 'Taps,' rifle detail, color guard, and flag presentation. They also offer an eBook with valuable information about veteran burial benefits.

Which faith traditions does Schmidt Family Funeral Home accommodate?

Staff coordinate services for United Methodist, Lutheran, Catholic, Presbyterian, United Church of Christ families, among others.

What sets Schmidt Family Funeral Home apart

Operates the only local on-site crematory equipment in the Atlantic area.
Offers one year of free daily grief support emails to families.
Provides personalized online memorials with guestbooks, photo uploads, and virtual candle lighting.
Creates personal tribute videos from family photographs for services and online sharing.
Facilitates secure online funeral fund donations directly to the funeral home.
Partners with local florists for convenient flower ordering directly from obituary pages.

Military & veteran services offered

★Online Memorial

Burial & cremation services

Cremation

· Cremation Services

On-site facilities

· Funeral Home

· Reception Hall

· Atlantic Location

· Anita Location

· Adair Location

· Exira Location

· Audubon Location

Affiliations & specializations

Industry affiliations

· Atlantic Rotary Club
· Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
· Atlantic Golf & Country Club
· Certified Funeral Service Practitioner

Specializations

· Children & Grief Support

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: United Methodist, Lutheran, Catholic, Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, Independent Evangelical. Languages spoken at the home: English.

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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.

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How 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.