Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home

Veteran services at Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home

Veteran families in Centralia, IL can turn to Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "Sutherland-Garnier Funeral and Cremation provides comprehensive Veteran's Services. They assist families with completing applications for all veteran's benefits, including Military Honors, Presidential Memorial Certificates, and veteran memorial markers or headstones. They also confirm and coordinate existing paid pre-plan funding benefits and necessary documentation for requesting honors. Services include professional funeral director and support staff, transfer of the deceased, cremation services, use of mortuary facilities for visitation or gathering, funeral or memorial ceremonies, use of automotive equipment, online interactive memorial websites, and additional personalization options like specialized engraving and tribute videos. Eligibility for benefits generally requires an honorable discharge. [cite: "Veteran's Services" section of website text]" On-site amenities include hillcrest lakeside chapel mausoleum, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists a quoted rate for basic burial and $1,910 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include memorial services, graveside ceremonies, military services, basic cremation options, full service cremation options, and designing memorials. 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 cremation garden, urn gardens, and hillcrest lakeside chapel mausoleum. 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 Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in MO, approximately 63 miles from Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home. Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Illinois has approximately 1,192 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home apart

• Operates as a fourth-generation family business with fifth-generation involvement.
• Features an on-site crematory and a combination funeral home and cemetery (Hillcrest Cemetery, Funeral Home & Cremation Center).
• Offers extensive grief support, including 365 daily email affirmations and interactive online aftercare resources.
• Provides specialized Veteran's Services, handling applications for military benefits and coordinating honors.
• Offers modern personalization options such as live funeral webcasting, tribute videos, and online interactive memorial websites.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

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.