Honoring Those Who Served Our Country
Veteran Funeral Services in North Miami, Sunny Isles Beach & South Florida
Our experienced funeral professionals can help your family understand the available options and coordinate the details of a meaningful tribute to your loved one’s military service.
A Final Tribute to a Life of Service
Veteran & Military Funeral Services in South Florida
Planning a funeral for a veteran can include special arrangements beyond those associated with a traditional funeral or memorial service. Military honors, burial benefits, veteran cemeteries, burial flags, government markers, and required documentation may all need to be considered.
Carib Funeral Home helps families navigate these arrangements and determine which benefits may be available based on the veteran’s service and eligibility.
We can coordinate veteran funeral services alongside traditional burial, cremation, graveside ceremonies, memorial services, and religious or cultural traditions.
Veteran Funeral & Burial Arrangements
Our staff can assist families with the funeral arrangements as well as coordination of eligible military honors and veteran burial benefits.
Veteran Services May Include:
Traditional veteran funeral services
Military funeral honors coordination
Veteran burial arrangements
Graveside military ceremonies
Burial flag coordination
Flag presentation ceremonies
Presidential Memorial Certificate assistance
Government headstone or grave marker assistance
Private cemetery burial coordination
Memorial and celebration of life services
Death certificate and burial documentation
Assistance obtaining necessary military service records
Military Funeral Honors
Recognizing a Veteran's Service and Sacrifice
Eligible veterans may receive Military Funeral Honors as part of their funeral or memorial service.
Military honors can provide a powerful and meaningful tribute to the veteran’s service. Depending on eligibility and the arrangements selected by the family, honors may include the ceremonial folding and presentation of the United States flag and the playing of Taps.
Carib Funeral Home can help coordinate these honors with the appropriate military representatives and incorporate them into a funeral, memorial, or graveside ceremony.
Families should provide available military discharge documentation, such as a DD Form 214, as early in the planning process as possible. If documentation is not readily available, our staff can discuss the next steps with you.
Understanding Available Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits & Memorial Options
Veterans and their families may be eligible for burial and memorial benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Eligibility and the benefits available depend on several factors, including the individual’s military service and discharge status.
Depending on eligibility, benefits may include burial in a national cemetery, a government-furnished headstone or marker, a burial flag, a Presidential Memorial Certificate, and certain burial allowances.
Some eligible spouses and dependents may also qualify for cemetery benefits.
Our funeral professionals can help families identify the documentation needed and coordinate the funeral arrangements with the appropriate cemetery or agency.
Veteran Burial Options for South Florida Families
Families may choose burial in an eligible veterans cemetery or make arrangements at a private cemetery in South Florida.
For qualifying veterans and family members, South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs national cemetery serving South Florida. Families may also choose burial at a private cemetery in Miami-Dade or Broward County and incorporate eligible military funeral honors into the graveside ceremony.
Carib Funeral Home can coordinate transportation and funeral arrangements with the cemetery selected by your family while assisting with the necessary veteran documentation and scheduling.
If your loved one already has a cemetery plot, our staff can work directly with that cemetery to coordinate the burial and military honors.
For more than 20 years, Carib Funeral Home has provided professional funeral services to families throughout South Florida.
Our team understands that arranging a veteran funeral can involve coordination between the family, cemetery, military representatives, government agencies, clergy, and other organizations. We help bring these details together so families have one experienced funeral home guiding them throughout the process.
From our North Miami location, we serve veterans and their families throughout North Miami, Sunny Isles Beach, North Miami Beach, Aventura, Bal Harbour, Miami Beach, Miami Shores, Hallandale Beach, Hollywood, Miami, and surrounding Miami-Dade and Broward County communities.
We are available 24 hours a day when a death occurs or when your family needs assistance making funeral arrangements.
Contact Carib Funeral Home to learn more about veteran funeral services, military funeral honors, veteran burial benefits, and cemetery arrangements throughout South Florida.