Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home

Veteran services at Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home

Veteran families in Columbiana, OH can turn to Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "The funeral home offers specialized services for veterans, including assistance with military honors." On-site amenities include on-site chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $2,600 for basic burial and $2,375 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include cremation services and veterans services. 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 on-site chapel. 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 National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in PA, approximately 49 miles from Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home. Warrick-Kummer-Rettig 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. Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

Does Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home publish funeral prices?

Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (330) 482-3621, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.

Where is Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?

Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home is located at 28 North Main Street in Columbiana, OH. You can reach the home at (330) 482-3621. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.

What services does Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home offer veteran families?

Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home provides immediate need, traditional services, cremation services, personalization, veterans services, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.

Does Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?

The funeral home offers specialized services for veterans, including assistance with military honors.

Which faith traditions does Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home accommodate?

Staff coordinate services for Lutheran (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), Methodist (United Methodist Church), Catholic, United Church of Christ, Presbyterian families, among others.

What sets Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home apart

Operates the only crematory in Columbiana County, Ohio, licensed since 2014, ensuring direct supervision of cremations by licensed funeral directors.
Celebrated 150 years of continuous operation within the same family in 1990, making it one of Ohio's oldest family-operated funeral homes.
Offers a 'Year of Grief Support' program providing weekly messages to families.
Provides personalized online memorials and tribute videos to honor loved ones.

Military & veteran services offered

★Veterans Services

Burial & cremation services

Cremation

· Cremation Services

On-site facilities

· On-site Chapel

· Casket Selection Room

· Preparation Room

· Handicap Accessible Restrooms

· Children's Lounge Area

· On-site Crematory

Affiliations & specializations

Industry affiliations

· Ohio Funeral Directors Association
· National Funeral Directors Association
· International Conference of Funeral Examining Boards
· St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
· Columbiana Rotary Club
· Salem Regional Medical Center
· Charitable Foundation of the Salem Regional Medical Center
· Columbiana County Planning Commission

Specializations

· Grief Support
· Pre-Planning
· Online Memorials
· Tribute Videos
· Ordering Flowers
· Sharing Service Details

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Lutheran (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), Methodist (United Methodist Church), Catholic, United Church of Christ, Presbyterian, Church of the Nazarene. Languages spoken at the home: English.

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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.