About the Author
Karen Nilsen is the creator of
The STAR
Class, and the wife of third generation funeral
director Morris Nilsen. She developed the program in 1997, and has
since taught it at Morris Nilsen Funeral Chapel in Richfield,
Minnesota.Karen is a registered nurse and perinatal educator, and is a Maternal and Child Health nurse at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota She has taught Lamaze and sibling classes. Karen is a part time instructor at the University of Minnesota in the Mortuary Science program, is active in her church, and has served on the governing board as Commissioner of the Youth and Family Ministry.
Mrs. Nilsen is a sponsor member of the Minnesota Funeral Directors’ Association and a volunteer at a grief camp for kids in Minnesota. She attends both state and national Conventions.
She has written articles about children and grief (The DIRECTOR, The American Funeral Director, The INDEPENDENT series of three articles on Children and Death, Children and the Funeral, Children and Cremation, and CremationMarket.com).
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