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

He gives his soul to God, hoping to be saved through the merits of Jesus Christ his Saviour, and his body to be interred with such decency and solemnity as his executors shall approve.

From Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures by Hunter, Joseph