Veteran services at Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services - The Ravenna Chapel
Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services - The Ravenna Chapel serves veteran families in Ravenna, MI with military funeral planning. The team handles VA burial allowances, honor-guard coordination, and national-cemetery scheduling.
The nearest veterans cemetery that isn't listed as closed is Fort Custer National Cemetery in MI, about 69 miles from Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services - The Ravenna Chapel. For a burial in a VA national cemetery, the funeral home or the family calls the National Cemetery Scheduling Office at 800-535-1117.
Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services - The Ravenna Chapel lists these traditions and communities: Lgbtq Affirming. Military funeral honors can be part of a religious service; tell the director the order you want.
We list about 836 funeral homes in Michigan. Only some of them name military funeral honors or VA benefits help among their services.
Frequently asked questions
Does Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services - The Ravenna Chapel publish funeral prices?
Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services - The Ravenna Chapel has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request, so call (231) 853-6511 and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services - The Ravenna Chapel located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services - The Ravenna Chapel is located at 332 East Main Street in Ravenna, MI. You can reach the home at (231) 853-6511. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
Does Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services - The Ravenna Chapel help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services - The Ravenna Chapel assists veteran families with VA burial benefits, military funeral honors, and coordination with national and state veterans cemeteries. Eligible veterans may receive a burial allowance and a free government headstone.
How to request military funeral honors
By law (10 U.S.C. § 1491), an eligible veteran's funeral can include, on request, an honors detail of at least two service members who fold and present the U.S. flag to the family and play Taps. The funeral director usually makes the request and will need the veteran's DD214 or other discharge papers.
VA suggests asking at least 48 to 72 hours before the service. More on what honors include and how to request them.