Veteran services at Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home
Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home is a funeral home in Niantic, CT that accepts veteran families and provides military funeral honors coordination through the Department of Defense honors program.
The nearest VA national cemetery is Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery in CT, approximately 26 miles from Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home. Thomas L. Neilan & Sons 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 Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home. Reviews are sourced from Google Places and shown verbatim — we do not edit or filter for sentiment.
“My wife was placed in Hospice care and they recommended that I make the funeral arrangements in advance. Pasquale had done the funeral arrangements for my mother 10 years ago. I called Pasquale explained my situation and requested an estimate. After two weeks of waiting for a response I called and spoke to a second individual. The second person assured me that Pasquale would get back to me, but silence. I called Fulton-Theroux Funeral Services and got an immediate response.”
“Mark was amazing. He is patient, caring and attentive to all the details. The last thing I wanted to think about were the arrangements and Mark coordinated everything we discussed and more. Thank you Mark for making the hardest time in my life a bit easier. ❤️”
“Mark was great and took care of so much. For what can be an overwhelming time, he made it so manageable and smooth. Thank you.”
“Neilan took care of my mother and recently my father as well. I could not have asked for a more professional handling, of all our affairs.”
“Seemed nice enough.”
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.