VETERANS BENEFITS:

• United States Flag (usually drapes the casket)
• Military Honor Guard
• Military Marker or Headstone
• No Cemetery costs if Buried in a National Cemetery
• Financial benefits if you qualify

Allow Solie Funeral Home to assist you with FREE burial in Tahoma National Cemetery or any other National Cemetery. It's our way of saying, "Thank You."

You can visit their website at: http://www.cem.va.gov/

All honorable discharged veterans are entitled to free grave space for the veteran, spouse and dependent children. 

Conditions to be met: 

Honorably discharged veteran serving any length of time before 9/7/80.

Veterans entering service after this time must serve 24 months of continuous active duty or for the full time for which the person was called to active duty.

Since 1942, Solie Funeral Home has been serving the men and women of our community and our armed forces. We want to thank those who protected our freedom. Allow us to explain who in you family is eligible for burial in the national cemetery and how we can help you obtain all the benefits to which you are entitled.

Sadly, we are now loosing so many of our veteran heroes who proudly served and gave for our country in the previous and present wars. We work closely with all cemeteries and national cemeteries in honoring those that served and arranging traditional veteran services with military honors.

It is our honor to assist families with questions and information about the benefits available to our heroes. We assist families of Veterans with arrangements for burial or placement of cremated human remains in a national cemetery. Almost all veterans are eligible for military honors, which may be requested through the family's funeral director and are provided by the Department of Defense.

Tahoma National Cemetery provides three gravesite options:

Burial: In-Ground Burial Cremation: In-ground burial of cremated remains Niche in wall for cremated remains.

Who is eligible? As an honorably discharged Veteran, you and your spouse are entitled to many benefits at no cost to you. Solie Funeral Home specializes in explaining who is eligible to obtain the benefits

By taking advantage of Tahoma National Cemetery or other National Cemetery a veteran and their eligible spouse can save as much as $12,000.00.

A lump sum payment of $300.00 is usually available to families of those veterans that were entitled to receive VA compensation of pension at time of death (such as retirees), or veterans who died while a registered patient in a VA hospital or other accredited VA facility. If one these circumstance's apply and a National Cemetery is not utilized, up to $300.00 could be reimbursed a a plot or interment allowance (requires proof of payment to a non-VA cemetery. Private cemeteries usually assist you by filing this benefit in your behalf). For veterans who die of a service connected disability, the VA could pay an allowance to reimburse funeral costs of $2000.00 or less (no additional VA death benefits would be available). Active duty military personnel are usually entitled to a greater amount, which can vary. This benefit is usually paid by the Department of Defense.

The national cemeteries offer:

1. Grave Space: Free
2. Niche In Wall for Cremated Remains: Free
3. Concrete Grave Liner: Free
4. Opening & closing Fees: Free
5. Headstone: Free
6. In-Ground Burial of Cremated Remains: Free
7. Perpetual Care: Free

We would like to consult with you on all the benefits that you're entitled to as a Veteran from the federal government and complete the necessary application/worksheet) and the advantages of pre-planning your funeral service through Solie Funeral Home.

Pre-Planning your funeral service through Solie Funeral Home:

• Eliminates second-guessing about what you and your spouse would have wanted.
• Reduces family stress at an already emotional time.
• Assures your family's needs will be served by a warm and caring Funeral Professional.

If not remarried, the surviving spouse is eligible for burial in the National Cemetery. Dependent children of the veteran are also eligible. At the time of a veterans death, we will be pleased to help you with the application process for the burial.

Claims for Veteran's Benefits must be filed within 2 years of death by the veteran's family, a non-family member who can prove that the veteran's funeral services are paid, or the funeral director. For VA Assistance and information, phone 1-800-827-1000 or visit their website at www.va.gov