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
A number of families have already been reunited with ashes and some have asked for the remains to be interred in the permanent memorial.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
A few days later, when the burial was to take place, the missionaries found about four thousand people assembled at the mound where the body was to be interred.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer
