National Cremation Society

09/14/2026

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 i 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

09/12/2026

09/11/2026

25 years: The legacy of September 11, 2001.

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

08/21/2026

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Today is National Senior Citizens Day. Showing our respect for older adults, helping improve their quality of life, even in small ways, and reminding people they matter to us and we're thinking of them means so much.

08/20/2026

NCS Minneapolis Funeral Director Gailyn Barela visited local Fire Stations 17 and 27, plus Mount Olivet Home and St. Therese of Odelia Hospice, to drop off some sweet treats and swag baskets for the folks who do so much good work in our community.

07/04/2026

Happy 250th birthday, America!

06/21/2026

Happy Father's Day. We know today can bring complicated emotions for those grieving the loss of a father, child, spouse, or loved one. Listen to grief experts in a conversation about grief, resilience and healing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbrVUPzNPwQ

04/25/2025

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Neptune Minneapolis Service Manager Michelle Rischmiller and National Cremation Society Minneapolis Service Manager Katie Fors partnered to bring goodies and teddy bears to the nursing team and kids at Children's Minnesota.

03/11/2025

The NCS Minneapolis team celebrated their funeral director with lunch and other treats on National Funeral Director and Mortician Appreciation Day, a reminder that every day they make a difference in someone’s life. Their compassion, professionalism, and dedication are admirable.

01/08/2024

NCS Minneapolis Funeral Director Gailyn Barela visited Lifespark Hospice and N.C. Little Memorial Hospice, bringing treats for the staff.
“Lifespark and NC Little folks have been incredibly kind to the families we’ve served, and to us, so we wanted to do a little something special to say thank you,” Gailyn said.

06/15/2023

NCS Minneapolis Service Manager Cristina Cherubini and Sales Manager Stephen Sheahan visited local nursing homes with bags of goodies, plus info about NCS services. Of course, "the candy was a big hit!" Cristina said.

06/01/2022

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. In supporting the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, we are walking to honor our grandparents, our fathers, our mothers, the families we serve, and the more than 6 million Americans who suffer from .
Please join us, the Alzheimer's Association, and your community in the fight to by donating or signing up to walk:
http://act.alz.org/goto/NCSMinneapolis

01/24/2022

“I am from . Any Minnesotans here?” comedian & actor asked the audience in his 1984 appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. “Could I get a ride home with you?”

Anderson, who hosted the show "Only in Minnesota" on TPT - Twin Cities PBS, died Friday at age 68. We'll miss this proud fellow Minnesotan.
https://www.pbs.org/video/only-in-minnesota-with-louie-anderson/

https://www.kare11.com/article/entertainment/from-st-paul-to-stardom-louie-anderson-never-forgot-his-mn-roots/89-1b60a5d6-3309-4db2-a57d-de1b12c7355c

Louie Anderson, who died Friday from cancer, rose from poverty on the east side of St. Paul to become one of the most influential comedians of his generation.

12/10/2021

Buddhist monk Haemin Sunim on the power of self-care: “Be good to others, but don’t forget that you have a responsibility to be good to yourself.”
His 5-step plan to give yourself the gift of self-care this holiday season:
1. Breathe.
2. Accept.
3. Write.
4. Talk.
5. Walk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/well/mind/self-care-buddhism-monk-meditation-stress-anxiety-calm-Haemin-Sunim.html

10/08/2021

The Minneapolis team also delivered fun treat baskets stuffed with sweet and salty snacks and fun Halloween prizes to staff at J.A. Wedum Hospice and Our Lady of Peace Hospice.