Burials & Services

Cemetery Location

110 Daniel Webster Highway (Route 3)

Boscawen, New Hampshire 03303-2413

Hours of Operation

(1) Office: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday (except state holidays).

(2) Cemetery Grounds: Open from Sunrise to Sunset - 7 days a week.

Committal Services

(1)  Committal services may be conducted in either the chapel or at the gravesite, but not both. When using the chapel, the casket will be removed from that location by the funeral director and brought to the gravesite for interment. Cremated remains will be removed by the funeral director, military honor guard, or cemetery staff and brought to the gravesite or columbarium for interment.

(2) Committal services are held Monday - Friday.  The cemetery director may authorize weekend or holiday services under extenuating circumstances.

(3)  Committal services are limited to 20 minutes to allow for timely interments and preparation for succeeding services.  Interments are completed immediately after the committal service.

(4)  Families/visitors are requested to leave the chapel/gravesite area immediately after completion of the committal service.

(5) Services are scheduled on a first come, first-served basis. Services will be scheduled between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM. Full-casket burials are conducted from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.  We require two (2) hours between full-casket burials except as authorized by the cemetery director.

(6)  Additions/changes to this schedule are at the discretion of the cemetery director.

(7)  Request for casket burial without professional burial services will be accepted if the request meets the requirements under New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated Title 26 Cemeteries; Dead Bodies, Chapter 290 Burials and Disinterment, Custody of Remains of Deceased Persons Section 290:16.

Gravesite

Military rank or civilian stature are not given consideration in location of individual graves. Gravesite selection is made in the order the burial is scheduled. The veteran and eligible dependent(s) share a gravesite. Specific gravesites are not reserved unless both spouses are eligible veterans in which case the adjacent gravesite may be reserved for the surviving spouse.

Columbarium

Military rank or civilian stature are not given consideration in the location of an individual niche. Niche selection is made in the order the inurnment is scheduled. Eligible dependent(s) share the niche with the veteran. Columbarium niches are not reserved unless both spouses are eligible veterans in which case the adjacent niche may be reserved for the surviving spouse.

Funeral Services/Memorial Services

Funeral or memorial services are not permitted at the NH State Veterans Cemetery. Open caskets are not allowed on NH State Veterans Cemetery property.

Winter Burials

The NH State Veterans Cemetery conducts burials year-round.  Full-casket burials will not be scheduled before 10:00 AM or after 2:00 PM. In certain circumstances, when severe frost conditions are encountered, the cemetery director may require an additional day to schedule a burial.

Cemetery Brochure and Guidelines

A cemetery brochure and guidelines concerning floral tributes, decorations of gravesites, gravesite flags, and cemetery grounds are available online, posted at the cemetery, and are available in the administrative office.