Tobias Funeral Home

Veteran services at Tobias Funeral Home

Veteran families in Beavercreek, OH can turn to Tobias Funeral Home for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "Tobias Funeral Homes provides specialized veterans' burials and funerals. Additionally, Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery, a nearby facility, offers free veteran spaces." On-site amenities include multiple chapels, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $4,480 for basic burial and $1,495 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include burial, cremation, memorial services, veterans burials & funerals, simple cremation, and cemetery property. 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 multiple chapels. 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.

Published pricing at Tobias Funeral Home: direct cremation from $1,495. That places direct cremation roughly 27% below the Ohio median ($2,050). 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 Dayton National Cemetery in OH, approximately 8 miles from Tobias Funeral Home. Tobias Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Ohio has approximately 1,266 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Tobias Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Tobias Funeral Home apart

• Relocation Protection: Prepaid funeral plans are transferable to any qualifying Dignity Memorial provider across North America.
• Lifetime Flexibility: Prepaid plans can be modified with new arrangements at any point in the future.
• Purchase Protection Plan: If the purchaser passes away before cemetery property is fully paid, the plan helps cover the remaining balance up to $5,000 (purchaser must be under 65).
• 100% Service Guarantee: If any aspect of the service does not meet expectations, that portion of the service will be refunded.
• Family First Cost Coverage: Provides funeral, cremation, and cemetery interment rights for an unmarried child or grandchild under 21, up to the same level as the parent's plan, at no additional cost.
• 24/7 Availability: A live person is available by phone at any time for immediate assistance.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Jewish, Multicultural. Languages spoken at the home: Spanish.

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.