Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc.

Veteran services at Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc.

For veterans in New Glarus, WI, Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. coordinates military honors and burial benefits. In their own words: "Zentner-Beal Funeral Home assists families in completing necessary forms to obtain benefits from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. These benefits may include burial in a VA national cemetery, military funeral honors (playing of 'Taps,' rifle detail, color guard, flag presentation), burial flags, headstones, markers, and certificates. They also help with claims for non-service-connected and service-connected burial allowances." On-site amenities include chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $5,633 for basic burial and $3,483 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include online memorials, burial, and cremation. 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 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 Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in WI, approximately 79 miles from Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc.. Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Wisconsin has approximately 539 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. is among them.

Frequently asked questions

Does Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. publish funeral prices?

Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (608) 527-2211, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.

Where is Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?

Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. is located at 29 6th Ave. in New Glarus, WI. You can reach the home at (608) 527-2211. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.

What services does Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. offer veteran families?

Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. provides funeral services, pre-planning, online memorials, burial, cremation, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.

Does Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. help veterans with VA burial benefits?

Zentner-Beal Funeral Home assists families in completing necessary forms to obtain benefits from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. These benefits may include burial in a VA national cemetery, military funeral honors (playing of 'Taps,' rifle detail, color guard, flag presentation), burial flags, headstones, markers, and certificates. They also help with claims for non-service-connected and service-connected burial allowances.

Which faith traditions does Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. accommodate?

Staff coordinate services for Lutheran (ELCA), United Church of Christ, Catholic, Independent Baptist families, among others.

What sets Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, Inc. apart

Multi-generational family ownership and operation by the Beal family (Brad and Andrew Beal).
Dual locations in New Glarus and Belleville, providing extended reach within Green County.
Comprehensive grief support resources, including specialized guidance for children experiencing loss.
Dedicated veteran services, assisting families with VA burial benefits, military honors, and memorial items.
Offering a complete line of cemetery markers and monuments directly.
Provision of life celebrants for services where clergy may not be chosen, allowing for personalized ceremonies.

Military & veteran services offered

★Online Memorials

★Mausoleum Entombment

Burial & cremation services

Burial

· Burial
· Committal

Cremation

· Cremation

On-site facilities

· Handicapped Accessible

· Chapel

Affiliations & specializations

Industry affiliations

· Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association

Specializations

· Grief Support
· Children & Grief
· Cemetery Markers And Monuments

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Lutheran (ELCA), United Church of Christ, Catholic, Independent Baptist. Languages spoken at the home: English.

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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.

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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.