Business Details
50+ Years
experience
Emergency
services
Your Trusted Funeral Service in Brockway
Shugarts Funeral Home has served Brockway and surrounding communities since 1947, rooted in a legacy of compassionate care. Founded by Vin Carlson and continued under Eric Shugarts' leadership since 2004, we prioritize personalized service during life's most difficult moments. Our team provides 24/7 support for funeral planning, cremation services, and pre-arrangements while maintaining deep local connections. We specialize in creating meaningful tributes that honor individual lives through traditional funerals, memorial services, and graveside ceremonies.Our expertise extends to veterans' benefits coordination, grief support programs, and cemetery monument selection. As a family-owned business, we combine decades of experience with modern service options while preserving the community-focused values established generations ago.
Services
Funeral Services
Cremation Services
Pre-Planning
Veterans Services
Monument Selection
Details
- Year established: 1947
Highlights and features
- We offer personalized funeral planning with 24/7 availability
- Our team maintains 75+ years of combined local service experience
- We provide veterans' benefits coordination and memorialization
- We guarantee transparent pricing with no hidden fees
- Our staff includes certified funeral service professionals
What people say
Compassionate staff
Professional handling
Personalized arrangements
24/7 availability
Community-focused
Services
Funeral Services
We provide comprehensive traditional funeral services including visitation, formal ceremonies, and burial arrangements. Our team coordinates all aspects from transportation to clergy liaison while offering customizable options for memorialization. Families receive guidance through documentation processes for Social Security and veterans benefits. Our facilities accommodate both religious and secular services with professional staff available 24/7 to assist during urgent situations.
Cremation Services
Our cremation services include traditional funerals with cremation, memorial services, and direct cremation options. We explain all disposition choices including urn selection, cemetery interment, and scattering regulations. The cremation process follows strict identification protocols while maintaining dignity throughout. Families receive detailed guidance on legal requirements and memorialization possibilities that honor their loved one's legacy.
Pre-Planning
We help individuals create detailed pre-arrangements that ensure personal wishes are honored while relieving family burdens. Our counselors guide clients through all service and financial options with transparent pricing. Documentation remains securely stored with periodic review opportunities. Pre-payment options protect against future cost increases while maintaining complete flexibility for changing circumstances.
Veterans Services
We specialize in coordinating veterans' benefits including flag presentation, military honors, and cemetery privileges. Our staff accurately completes all required documentation for VA headstones and burial allowances. We maintain current knowledge of changing regulations to ensure families receive entitled benefits while creating appropriate tributes that recognize service members' sacrifices.
Grief Support
Our grief support programs provide ongoing assistance through personalized counseling and structured resources. We offer daily email support messages for one year following loss and maintain long-term connections with families. Our approach combines professional expertise with compassionate understanding developed through decades of community service, recognizing that healing extends beyond the funeral event.
People
Eric R. Shugarts
Supervisor
Eric Shugarts has served as funeral home supervisor since 2004 after working with the previous owners since 1995. He maintains active involvement in local community affairs while ensuring continuity of compassionate service standards established in 1947.
Questions
What funeral service options do you offer?
We provide traditional funerals with visitation, memorial services without remains present, graveside ceremonies, and direct burials. Cremation options include memorial services with urn presence and scattering ceremonies.
Can I personalize funeral arrangements?
Yes, we create customized services incorporating personal elements like music selections, photo displays, and location-specific ceremonies to honor individual life stories.
Do you handle veterans' benefits?
We coordinate all veterans' benefits including flag presentation, military honors, and VA headstone procurement while guiding families through required documentation processes.
Is pre-planning available?
Yes, we offer comprehensive pre-planning with flexible documentation and payment options to ensure your wishes are honored while relieving family decision-making burdens.
What support exists after the funeral?
Our grief support includes daily email messages for one year and personalized counseling resources to assist families through the ongoing healing process.
Are cremation services different from traditional funerals?
Cremation services maintain similar ceremonial options with additional flexibility for memorial timing and remains disposition choices like scattering or urn interment.
