Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 8064. Payments

It shall be the duty of each such county in this State to draw a warrant upon the treasurer of their county in the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), or one hundred dollars ($100.00) if the additional sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is authorized, for each body buried in accordance with the provisions of this act, to be paid out of the funds of the county, and such warrants shall be made payable to the applicant or applicants if the application shows that the funeral expenses have been paid, otherwise to the undertaker performing the services, with notice to the applicant.

Application for such contribution shall be made by the personal representative of such deceased service person or deceased service person's widow, if there be such personal representative, if no such personal representative has qualified, then by any next of kin, individual or veterans' organization who, or which, assumes responsibility for the cost of burial of the body, and shall be sustained by affidavit as to the facts.

Such application shall be on forms prescribed by the Department of Military Affairs, and shall set forth whether or not the funeral expenses have been paid. The application shall have attached thereto, a certified copy of the death certificate, and a certification by the undertaker, who had charge of the burial of the body, and to the effect that the undertaker did render such service.