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09/29/2026

Today is National ! The was founded on September 29, 1899, and is America’s oldest and largest major combat veteran organization.

09/24/2026

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Life lessons from autumn! 🍂

09/12/2026

09/11/2026

25 years: The legacy of September 11, 2001.

09/08/2026

Grief changes us in ways we don't always expect – including how we sleep, think, move and care for ourselves.
Join us for Navigating Your Personal Grief Journey, a free webinar in partnership with For Grief, exploring the connection between grief and self-care. Hear from grief advocate Viv Babin, sleep expert Lindsay Scola and grief researcher Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD, as they share practical insights and compassionate guidance for navigating the physical and emotional impact of loss.
Tuesday, September 15 | 7 PM ET
Register now: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fJwtMgIuS_OFEX_jtFe2Sg

09/03/2026

Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92.
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/03/nx-s1-5718381/gloria-steinem-dies

09/01/2026

Wendell Berry, author, poet, and Kentucky farmer who advocated a simpler life and love of the land, has died at age 92. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/01/wendell-berry-us-author-dead

08/31/2026

The Neptune corporate team spent an afternoon volunteering with Feeding South Florida and sorted through 10,582 pounds of donated food -- equal to 8,818 meals for people in need in our community. Thanks for all you do, FSF. 🥰

08/27/2026

Shelley Fabares died on Aug. 22 at the age of 82. She first enjoyed success as Mary on ‘The Donna Reed Show’ and later received Emmy nominations for her role on ‘Coach.’ She also had a No. 1 single with ‘Johnny Angel’ and starred in three movies with Elvis Presley.

05/18/2026

Neptune Society St. Louis Service Manager Dan Flynn (center) presented the fifth annual Neptune Trophy to the winning team at the annual Creve Coeur Olivette Chamber of Commerce golf tournament. Congrats!

04/16/2026

On , Neptune St. Louis Service Manager Dan Flynn brought “A Little Tax Relief” sweets to employees at area hospices.

03/20/2026

Neptune St. Louis Service Manager Dan Flynn helped prepare food for hospital social workers in honor of Social Work Month, which encourages support of the profession, uplifts social workers, and celebrates their contributions.

01/03/2026

Neptune St. Louis Service Manager Dan Flynn spent Christmas day delivering treats to those who had to work on the holiday at area hospice and assisted living facilities.

12/01/2025

On Thanksgiving Day, St. Louis Service Manager Dan Flynn thought of the caregivers working on the holiday, dropping off treats at local assisted living facilities.

07/29/2025

Neptune St. Louis Pre-Arrangement Advisor Brenda Dobsch, left, and Service Manager Dan Flynn went full islander with Director Ann Livers at The Grande at Chesterfield’s annual Luau.
Mahalo – gratitude – to you for having us!

06/21/2025

Neptune Society-St. Louis Managing Funeral Director, Dan Flynn endures near 100° temperatures to help coordinate a donation collection center in response to the tornadoes that devastated the St. Louis area. 

If you are considering cremation for final needs for yourself or a loved one, please contact Neptune Society St. Louis cremation office today for answers to your questions, and to begin planning for cremation.

06/06/2025

Neptune St. Louis Service Manager Dan Flynn and Pre-Arrangement Advisor Brenda Dobsch at the Creve Coeur Olivette Chamber of Commerce annual golf tournament. Dan is holding the "Neptune Trophy" which he instituted several years ago, and is now a favorite tradition of the tournament.

05/24/2025

"In ocean wastes no poppies blow. No crosses stand in ordered row. There young hearts sleep beneath the wave..."

They were lost with their ship, boat, or aircraft, succumbing to violent conflict with an enemy or vanquished by the awesome power of wind and wave. They perished alone or alongside shipmates. They were buried at sea with appropriate ceremony or doomed to descend to the bottom ever entombed with the ship that was their home and sanctuary.
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In Waters Deep
In ocean wastes no poppies blow,
No crosses stand in ordered row,
There young hearts sleep… beneath the wave…
The spirited, the good, the brave,
But stars a constant vigil keep,
For them who lie beneath the deep.
‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer
On certain spot and think. “He’s there.”
But you can to the ocean go…
See whitecaps marching row on row;
Know one for him will always ride…
In and out… with every tide.
And when your span of life is passed,
He’ll meet you at the “Captain’s Mast.”
And they who mourn on distant shore
For sailors who’ll come home no more,
Can dry their tears and pray for these
Who rest beneath the heaving seas…
For stars that shine and winds that blow
And whitecaps marching row on row.
And they can never lonely be
For when they lived… they chose the sea.
©2001 by Eileen Mahoney

Image: Coast Guardsmen aboard Coast Guard manned USS Callaway (APA-35) pay final respects to a lost shipmate prior to burial at sea, January, 1945 (Coast Guard photo)