Rush Funeral Home Serving communities of western South Dakota since 1985
 
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Rush Funeral Home is family owned and operated by Jack and Daniel Rush. They have owned the funeral home since 1985, after purchasing it from W.E. and Ruth Woodall. Rush Funeral Home offers sincere and affordable options to fit each individual.
This web site is designed to educate, inform, and assist the public in making funeral arrangements.

If you have any questions that this web site cannot answer, feel free to call or e-mail for any questions you may have. You can also contact us on-line here.

  

Veterans

Establishing Veteran Eligibility

To establish veteran eligibility you can have us obtain your DD 214 Form which is the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. For veteran's benefits you must have any status other than dishonorable discharge. For more information, download the form in Acrobat PDF format. This form can be sent to:

  • National Personnel Records Center
    9700 Page Blvd.
    St. Louis, MO 63132
 

Taps

If you are a Veteran with an honorable discharge we can arrange for the military to provide Taps for you at the graveside and for a flag for your family to have. More information on Veteran's flags can be seen at: http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/bbene/bflags.asp.

 

Presidential Memorial Certificate

We can also write to the government and obtain a Presidential Memorial Certificate for you and your family. We submit both a death certificate and a copy of your honorable discharge to:

  • U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs
    National Cemetery Administration (403A)
    810 Vermont Ave., NW
    Washington, D.C. 20420  
     
  • To read more about the Certificate you may go to http://www.cem.va.gov/pmc.htm.
 

Honor Guards

We are able to arrange for honor guards for Veteran's funerals. All honorably discharged Veterans may be buried in a National Cemetery for no cemetery cost and Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD is the local one that our firm normally uses.

 

Grave Marker

If you need a Veteran's grave marker for the cemetery you chose to be buried in you can write to:

  • Memorial Programs Services (403)
    Department of Veterans Affairs
    810 Vermont Ave., N.W.
    Washington, DC 20420 
       
  • More grave marker information can be seen at http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/hm_hm.asp
 

Disabled Veterans

Disabled Veteran's families may apply for further monetary awards if the Veteran passed away in a Veteran's hospital or if the Veteran was currently on Veteran's disability payments before death.

 

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