She’s ‘The Green Reaper’ Changing The Expensive Funeral Game

Death is a natural part of life that everyone must deal with, but when the financial burdens of funeral costs and burial services mount, families are often heaped with an unnatural amount of stress after losing a loved one.

That’s why one mortician in Boring, Oregon decided to make a difference—bringing her big heart and lower-cost biodegradable options to the funeral business in her small town.

Since she opened Cornerstone Funeral Services eleven years ago, Elizabeth Fournier has given hundreds of mourners affordable services, and sometimes foregone fees altogether.

“As long as the mortuary board is happy with me, and I am being ethical I tend to march to my own drum,” Elizabeth told Good News Network. “If a family is truly having a hardship, I have no issue giving services away.”

Elizabeth guesses she has excused over forty parents from paying any money for child burials or cremation services, and has financially assisted over 20 families with regular services. Typical funeral costs in America average around $7,500 or more, but Elizabeth charges only $2,000.

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