be interred

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As Teddi Mellencamp’s cancer saga continues, dad John Mellencamp is planning her funeral — or at least making sure he’s clear on where she wants to be interred.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025

Among other things, it decreed that “a miscarried or aborted fetus must be interred or cremated.”

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

He will be interred on the land he had bought to build his family a home - and where over the last week, the government has been erecting a house for his widow.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

For graves without objections, the existing remains will be interred deeper into the same spot, and new burials will take place on top of them.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

The ground in it is so holy, that those who are so fortunate as to be interred there are certain of a happy transmigration thence. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis