Hopefully ALL military who are entitled to be buried in the Nation's cemeteries. We got that lesson when my husband was an Ensign in the Navy some 50 years ago! Haven't had to take them up on it yet!! :) Judie Cook On Apr 21, 2012, at 12:53 PM, hum.linda wrote: > Hi Listers, > While I was prowling a military site, I happened on the "offical" > requirements to being buried in one of the 100 national cemeteries in > the USA. As long as a couple is still married at the death of the > "spouce/vet", and pending the veteran's eligibility, the spouce is > entitled to be buried at a national cemetery at NO cost. > The Veteran's Admin. provides burial bennefits: Opening & Closing of the > gravesite; provides a grave liners ( Keeps fluid from leaking into soil) > for Casket burials; a headstone or niche cover for cremated remains to > be interred above ground; prepetual care of the site. > Who knew? > > ~hum.Linda~ > Words are the window to the Heart. > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message