I’m sorry for your loss. I imagine having to sort through this whole grieving your father is incredibly challenging. I agree with many of the posts here about burial benefits. It all depends on your father’s discharge status at the time of retirement. Here are some resources to get start, there are some local and some national. I would start by looking through some of the articles and links first to get an understanding of what is possibly available to you and your family: https://veteransnavigator.org/taxonomy/menu-zones/veteran-burial-benefits

Again, I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m sitting here with my father (also retired veteran) on hospice and will have to sort through this in the next couple of months. If you can find your father’s DD214 forms, that would be very helpful because those are his discharge forms.

Sending you peace and healing.