I think the main planning you'll want to do is with your family. Let them know your wishes (that you want to be at Tahoma). The service, plot and marker are covered as a benefit to Veterans and don't take any planning with the cemetery beforehand. Communication with your family is the thing: that you want to be at Tahoma, financial planning for coffin, perhaps what you want on your marker (but your family can make that decision later, too). The cemetery and the funeral homes work together every day. They have the process dialed in and it's pretty seamless. Not really a burden on families, logistically. A great example of when government gets it right. Make sure your family has a copy of your discharge papers. The funeral home will need that in order to work with Tahoma.
If you have a Neptune contract tell them and send them your DD214. They will make the arrangements.
How do I go about having flowers delivered to my father's site from the east coast?
Any funeral home
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