Wayne County (Pennsylvania) Veterans Burial Allowance and Grave Marker Contribution

The duty is the State's: every county of the third to eighth class pays at least $75 toward the funeral of a serviceperson who lived there and of a spouse who has not remarried, and pays the actual cost of a base or lettering for a federal headstone (16 Pa.C.S. 15509, 15510 and 15513; see the Pennsylvania entry on county burial and grave benefits). Claims other than for a death in service must be made within one year. Wayne County's practice. The office's page: it "provides burial benefits for eligible deceased veterans and in some cases for their spouses. This is an addition to burial benefits provided through the United States Department of Veteran's Affairs." The county posts no form or amount. The Commissioners' bills lists show what it pays: $100 "VA burial expense" payments to families or funeral homes (three on December 11, 2025, and others in May, July and August 2026) and a $100 "VA burial marker" contribution to a funeral home (August 13, 2026). On October 23, 2025 the Director and the Commissioners discussed "the cost of veteran grave markers"; no change to the amounts followed in the minutes through October 2026. How. Ask the funeral director or the office, 570-253-5970 ext. 3114, with the DD-214 and the death certificate.