Stephanie Bonney was born and raised in New England. She has a degree in psychology from Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Having always had an interest in deathcare, Stephanie went back to school briefly for mortuary science and apprenticed at a funeral home in Vermont before becoming the youngest and first female superintendent of Vermont’s only non-profit crematory (and 60-acre cemetery). This position provided vast insight into the injustices that plague the modern funeral industry, some of which came from within her own organization. In hopes of connecting with people whose values more closely aligned with her own, she searched for her next adventure.
Good friends and an alignment of stars lead Stephanie to the Murray family in 2021. After a year of Zoom calls and a whirlwind visit, she and her family moved to Charlottesville before Christmas this past year. Stephanie believes Panorama Natural Burial has something to offer everyone, with a very clear mission of land stewardship, honesty, and family values. She’s looking forward to seeing the business blossom into something truly special for the Charlottesville community.
