McKean County Veterans Services (Carolyn McCaslin, Director) and the County Burial Forms
The McKean County Veterans Services Department - Director Carolyn McCaslin, 14 Court House, Smethport (814-887-3241, fax 814-887-3101, [email protected]) - assists the county's veterans and dependents in securing county, state and federal benefits, and its burial forms pay a $75.00 burial expense, a $75.00 widow benefit and a $60.00 marker expense charged to account 01406900-510200 under the director's signature.
Also called: Veterans Services, Director of Veterans Services, VSO, Carolyn McCaslin, [email protected], Alvin D Loveless, burial benefit, marker expense, widow benefit, 814-887-3241, 14 Court House, Smethport, 500 W. Main St., 51 Pa.C.S. 8942, DD-214, Smethport, Bradford, Kane, Port Allegany, Eldred, Mount Jewett, Ludlow, Rew, Duke Center, Rixford.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
The office. Pennsylvania's counties maintain a director of veterans affairs under 51 Pa.C.S. 8942 (the State entries); McKean's is a county department. The county's page: "Carolyn McCaslin, Director of Veterans Services, Phone: 814-887-3241, Fax: 814-887-3101" and the mission - "The Department of Veteran's Services strives to assist the McKean County veterans and their dependents in any way possible in securing the county, state, and federal benefits to which they may be entitled. This office works cooperatively with McKean County government offices, state, federal agencies, and veterans' organizations to administer these benefits and services to the citizens."
The services list. "SERVICES OFFERED: Compensation Benefits; Pension Benefits; Retiree Benefits; Burial Benefits; VA Grant Benefits; State Veteran Benefits; County Veteran Benefits; Veteran Spouse and Dependent Benefits; Veteran Discount Program; Veteran Education Benefits." The Disabled Veterans' Real Estate Tax Exemption is the State's (51 Pa.C.S. Chapter 89; the presumption of need and the up-to amount are in the Pennsylvania entries), and the director's office is where its applications are handled in McKean County. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs' county directors list of September 9, 2026 names Carolyn McCaslin, 14 Court House, Smethport, PA 16749-1149 (814-887-3241, fax 814-887-3101, [email protected]).
The burial forms. The office's Burial Forms PDF carries three applications, each signed by the "Director of Veterans Affairs" and charged to 01406900-510200: the "APPLICATION FOR $75.00 BURIAL EXPENSE" ("Full name of deceased veteran ... Type of Discharge ... Legal Residence of the veteran at the time of his/her death"), the "APPLICATION FOR $75.00 WIDOW BENEFIT" ("Full name of deceased widow ... Full name of deceased veteran"), and the "APPLICATION FOR $60.00 MARKER EXPENSE". The forms' submission block reads "*When completed, email to [email protected] or fax to 814-887-3101. If sending by mail: Alvin D Loveless, 500 W. Main St., Smethport, PA 16749" - Alvin D. Loveless's name stands where the current director's would be, and the county's page and the DMVA list name McCaslin; a claimant is asked to use the phone and fax above (the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md). The county amounts are the county's own workings of the 16 Pa.C.S. Chapter 155 duty (the State entry on county burial and grave benefits).
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