Veterans' Benefits
We are especially proud of the role our veterans have played in the freedom we enjoy today. We have developed special packages that include features and tributes to honor a veteran’s service. These offerings include services and products that are included at no charge. Our veterans deserve the utmost respect, and any veteran with an honorable discharge, regardless of financial means, or even those with no living family, will always be given full military honors and interment in a local, state or national cemetery.
We will also complete all applications for any benefits to which a veteran or their family are entitled and eligible, including but not limited to: securing an American flag; military honors; headstone or marker and setting; monetary burial benefits and transportation.
World War II Registry of Remembrances
Anyone who helped win World War II, whether in battle or on the home front, is eligible for the Registry. To enter your name or the name of someone you wish to honor for their service to our country, you may register by visiting the World War II Registry of Remembrances page.
Veterans Benefits
The Veterans Administration provides benefits for a veteran's family if they can provide a copy of discharge papers which indicate an honorable discharge. These benefits include a flag, burial in a national veterans cemetery, a grave marker, and military honors at the graveside. If burial is in a veterans cemetery, a grave can also be reserved for a surviving spouse.
There are additional monetary allowances toward burial expenses if the veteran's death occurs in a federal VA hospital or if the veteran was receiving a VA pension at the time of death. Because federal and state guidelines vary depending on some circumstances, we will be glad to offer information on an individual basis.
The local Department of Veterans Affairs office is located at the Sanford Vet Center. The contact information is as follows: 628 Main Street, Springvale, ME 04083 Phone number: 207-490-1513 FAX number: 207-490-1609Veterans Cemeteries
Burial is permitted in any National Veterans Cemetery in the United States, depending on the availability of graves. There are also state or town veteran’s cemeteries.
The nearest Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery is currently in Augusta, Maine. It is located at 163 Mt. Vernon Road. The previous active cemetery is also in Augusta at Civic Center Drive. Only reservation fill burials are conducted at this cemetery currently.
Hopefully in the near future, we will have a verterans' cemetery in York County. It will be called the Southern Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery and will be located on Stanley Road in Springvale. Click here to go to the site edit tool.
