Veteran services at Swengel-O'Dell Funeral Home
Swengel-O'Dell Funeral Home is a funeral home in Neoga, IL that accepts veteran families and provides military funeral honors coordination through the Department of Defense honors program.
Published pricing at Swengel-O'Dell Funeral Home: direct cremation from $2,850. 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 Camp Butler National Cemetery in IL, approximately 69 miles from Swengel-O'Dell Funeral Home. Swengel-O'Dell Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
What families have said
Recent reviews from families who used Swengel-O'Dell Funeral Home. Reviews are sourced from Google Places and shown verbatim — we do not edit or filter for sentiment.
“Now many generations of my family have been cared for by the O'dells. I must say it was an honor to work with them for my father. Tim was my school bus driver way back in the day. But we worked mostly with his brother Bill. I rember my grandfather's ceremony there, some 20+ years ago. Our very limited budget was still good enough to be treated with the utmost respect and kindness, by all members of the family. Bill even told a joke, my dad would have loved. I almost thought for a minute he would sit up and laugh with us one last time. There were no high pressure sale tactics. Instead they helped figure out how to get him to all of his kids. Even trying to get his remains a.s.a.p for his out of state kids. I honestly can't say enough good things, all I can hope and pray is that my daughter will have some one so awesome to work with.”
“The O’dells are some of the finest most upstanding people in the community. I have been lucky enough to do business with them on two occasions and could not have had more helpful, kindhearted, genuinely sincere gentlemen to help in a challenging undertaking. Their tenderness in leading you through a difficult time and doing a superior job in all facets of the process. Everything was handled in a professional manner with the up most respect for all involved. Thank you!”
“Good funeral home. Friendly and helpful.”
“Very lovely funeral home but… the last funeral there for LILLY Malcome was sad…very regrettably my parents Leah and Larry were so hypocritical regarding there care for Lilly in her final days it’s sickening. They praised themselves for taking care of her where in reality…. She didn’t have much other choices cause Leah liked to keep me and Lilly confined and secluded from the outside world a lot of our life. She didn’t even let us have a phone till we were 18 to stop us from telling people the truth about her abuse towards us. I hope people learn the truth and who they can really trust.”
“I miss my default but this works”
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.