It is completely legal in most states to care for our own loved ones at death; Oregon and Washington are no exception to that rule. A funeral director does need to be a part of the situation if someone is acting in lieu of a funeral service practitioner.
Affectionately known as The Green Reaper, Elizabeth Fournier is the owner and operator of Cornerstone Funeral Services. As a one-woman funeral service in the rural town of Boring, Oregon, her philosophy is to eschew big profits to prophet old-school burial practices that are kinder to humans and the Earth. This includes burying townsfolk in their backyards.
She is currently publishing her second memoir, THE UNDERTAKER OF BORING, OREGON: STORIES FROM THE GREEN REAPER, which captures the experience of being a small town undertaker known as The Green Reaper, the green/natural burial mortician, educator and advocate always ready to lend a hand, or a shovel. Her upbeat and inspirational story illuminates how some of us work for a better living, but she always strives for a better post-deathing.
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