Honored in Death for Their Service in Life!
The Homeless Veterans Burial Program provides dignified burial services for eligible homeless and indigent veterans to ensure they receive the honors in death that their service in life merited.
Founded upon the belief that every veteran deserves a dignified and honorable burial, the Homeless Veterans Burial Program is a cooperative effort among Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, local medical examiners, coroners, veterans advocates and veterans organizations.
Through the program, homeless and indigent veterans who have no family to claim them are identified and provided with a proper military burial. Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory supply preparation of the body, transportation, clothing, casket and coordination of the funeral service. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides eligible veterans with the opening and closing of the gravesite, a grave liner, a headstone or marker, a graveside ceremony and burial in a National Cemetery.