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No. In NJ embalming is required if the viewing is 48 hours after death.

Yes.  Cremation is only a method of disposition, which in NJ takes place at the cemetery (methods: Burial, Entombment or Cremation) this does not take place at the funeral home/cremation service.  So services before the cemetery/crematory are your choice,  traditional viewing/private family viewing, church services, memorial service or celebration of [...]

Yes, the widower or widow of any of our US Armed Forces, their minor children and their unmarried adult children, under certain conditions are also eligble for burial or niche placement.

No.   Burial in a veterans cemetery is open to all who have served in the Armed Forces.  The veteran must have met minimum active duty requirements and discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.  Also, the actual name of the cemetery is Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

You will have to inform the Executor, who should have a copy of your will in addition to the chosen funeral agent.  They can then present the request you have made and carry out your wishes.  Also, if you make pre-arrangements with a funeral home they will need a copy.  [...]

First thing to know.  In NJ Cremation Services and Funeral Homes are the same, they are all registered as funeral homes.  The different names are used to target specific consumer markets or a business that prefers to target a specific mode of disposition, burial, entombment and cremation.  All physical cremations [...]