ashes

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She said she and her husband Ben Conlin were initially concerned when they received Sunny's ashes in the same box they had brought him in.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Low property prices in the country mean that for many, it is more affordable to entomb the ashes of relatives in an empty apartment than pay for funeral costs.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Another said: "How will those enforcing these rules know if the apartments are being used just to store ashes? And how will they deal with those cases?"

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Martínez had the man’s body cremated, and stored the ashes in a wooden niche in the shelter’s small chapel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

She put the hardwood ashes in a little cloth bag.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder