Funerals are expensive. Creamations are less expensive but many people do not wish this. I would just like to remind everyone that if you or your spouse have ever served in the Armed Forces, you may be buried in a national or state Veteran's cemetery. It is free. Both husband and wife may be buried there.
The grounds are kept in beautiful condition and the head stones are also free. All you need are the separation papers from the military. If the surviving spouse remarries, they are not eligible. I have talked to many people who did not know they could have used the veteran's cemeteries. Visit one and see for yourself how lovely and peaceful these places are.
By Lilac from Springfield, MA
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My brother passed away from cancer last October. He was a Veteran. We were not aware of this benefit until the funeral director told us of it. There was a newly developed National cemetery near us where he could be buried.
Go to www.cem.va.gov/cem/bbene/eligible.asp
Look at paragraph g 2 below and you will see that a spouse can be buried in any National Cemetery with her husband. If there was a divorce before he died then she is not eligible.
(2) The surviving spouse of an eligible Veteran who had a subsequent remarriage to a non-Veteran and whose death occurred on or after January 1, 2000, is eligible for burial in a national cemetery, based on his or her marriage to the eligible Veteran.
We too found out about the Veterans cemetary near us by visiting a funeral home while preplanning our funerals. The vet is buried free, while spouse has to pay a very nominal fee as long as the same plot is used.
The spouse of a veteran does not have to pay. Maybe they once did but my parents are buried together and neither one had to pay. The veteran is also entitled to a beautiful flag. You can also have a military funeral which is held at a chapel on the grounds of the cemetary.
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