Veteran services at Summers Funeral Home
Summers Funeral Home is a funeral home in Meridian, ID that accepts veteran families and provides military funeral honors coordination through the Department of Defense honors program.
Published pricing at Summers Funeral Home: direct cremation from $1,800 and basic burial from $2,810. 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 Idaho State Veterans Cemetery at Boise in ID, approximately 5 miles from Summers Funeral Home. Summers Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Summers Funeral Home holds a 4.7-star rating from 137 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 Summers Funeral Home. Reviews are sourced from Google Places and shown verbatim — we do not edit or filter for sentiment.
“I would like to thank the staff of Summers Funeral Home of Meridian, ID for all their support and comforting thoughts during this time of sadness in our family. The staff I would like to thank especially are Anastazia Dymen and Nick Garcia Leon for doing much more for my family to meet all our needs. Anastazia was always there to answer any questions that we had for my father's military honors funeral. It was a lovely cremation service with the US Air Force Honor Guard attending as well. A big thank you to the young men and women of the US Air Force as well for honoring my father for his service in the Air Force. Everything went very smoothly and would recommend Summers Funeral Home.”
“Seonalynn was absolutely amazing! She made this difficult experience so much better! I literally cannot say just how amazing of a person she is. She has a heart for the work she does and it’s evident by the work she’ does. I would highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend working with Seonalynn at Summers Funeral Home! She met us after hours so we could see the space before my father-in-law had to leave town. This was before we signed any contract or committed to working with them. Then she was working till midnight with me on a memorial pamphlet for my wife’s service that we held at our Church. We were probably one of their smallest clients yet we were taken care of as if we owned the place. Thank you Seonalynn! You are a godsend and I can’t thank you enough for the care you put into memorializing Rachel!”
“Summers Funeral Home did an exceptional job on my wife Alexis' memorial service. Kiara was my event coordinator and she did a wonderful job with arranging all of the service details.”
“The staff has been so supportive, kind, caring and helpful to me and my family during our time of need! I am so glad that we chose Summers to help us with the arrangements for our mother.”
“Seonalynn was absolutely amazing to work with while making arrangements for my mom. She has such a compassionate heart and spirit. We have worked with Summers many times in the past for other family members. There is no other place than Summers for our family.”
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.