Honoring Veterans and First Responders on Their Final Journey
Clergy Services by Appointment
About Final Salute Services
FINAL SALUTE SERVICES
- We provide funeral services and graveside interment services for deceased veterans, police officers and firefighters. Normally, clergy fees are included in the funeral director’s package. If so, that is sufficient payment. However, if the deceased veteran, police officer or fire fighter does not have family or the family cannot afford the full cost of the funeral, there is NO CHARGE for our services. We exist for the sole purpose of rendering a FINAL SALUTE to one who has served his/her country.
- SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR DECEASED VETERANS, POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS WHO IDENTIFY AS:
- Protestant/Baptist/Adventist
- Orthodox Catholic
- Roman Catholic (provided deceased has no local church)
- Jewish (Service prepared by Jewish military chaplain), or
- Persons with no religious affiliation
DIRECTOR
CH(COL) Raymond W. Copp
CH (COL) Copp has served his country in uniform for nearly five decades. He served nearly thirty years in law enforcement, as a New York State Police Lieutenant and as a Regional Chief of Police in Pennsylvania. In the armed forces, CH (COL) Copp has served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, Vermont Air National Guard, “The Green Mountain Boys”, the Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG), and the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Command. He was Battalion Chaplain for the MD ARNG 1297th CSSB, 70th Training Regiment, APG, and the 7221st MEDCOM – USAR. Additionally, COL Copp is a retired Command Chaplain (O-6) for the Maryland Military Department. He was designated a U.S. Air Force Basic Pilot (1971) and Senior Aviator (2010). He is a forty-year flight instructor and a former airline pilot. His deployments include service with the International Counter-terrorism Task Force II (1990-1992), which participated in the Canadian Oka Crisis of 1990 and other OCONUS missions. CH (COL) Copp is an ordained Orthodox Priest. He has officiated funerals in Arlington National Cemetery, Richmond National Cemetery and several state military cemeteries. Along with ecclesiastical endorsement as an orthodox chaplain by the Armed Forces Chaplains Board, CH (COL) Copp has authority to conduct funerals for Roman Catholics (provided no local priest is available). He resides with his wife in West Chester, PA. They have one son and two grandchildren.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about our services, please don't hesitate to contact us. We would love to hear from you and to discuss how we can work together to support our veterans and first responders on their final journey.