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Disgraced funeral boss Robert Bush who failed to bury or cremate people and gave grieving families the ashes of strangers has offered those affected a written 'apology', but some have reacted angrily.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Former undertaker Robert Bush admitted 67 offences, including failing to bury and cremate people at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Wellman, owner of Sorrento Valley Pet Cemetery, stepped in to offer to cremate the remaining bodies, and says Angel Paws’ operation was “disorganized and unprofessional.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Their families then get to decide if they want to cremate or bury them, with the funeral costs covered by the university.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

If you burn a dead body to ashes, you cremate it.

From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) Bachelor

Not to worry, he said, promising to put his new cremates to work: “We’ll catch up next weekend.”

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2020

It’s July 29, 1981, when Patrick cremates his mother—the day, as it happens, that Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018

Nowadays, if you die in Pierce County and you fall into two categories - both indigent and unclaimed - the county cremates your body and disposes of your remains.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2016

The administrator’s office cremates unidentified migrants instead of burying them — a switch that saves the county roughly $860 a person, said Rosie Blankenship, assistant public administrator for Imperial County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2016

A woman always embalms the corpse of a dead love; a man wisely cremates it, and plants a new love in the ashes.

From A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Helen Rowland

Cemeteries need not take up hundreds of acres, since mausoleums can contain thousands of cremated remains in much smaller space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Mr. Seelig runs the All Souls Remembrance Program, which inters cremated remains in a cemetery for anyone of any faith, free of charge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Nikole Bresciani, president and chief executive officer of the Inland Valley Humane Society & SPCA, said officers seized 405 cats and 119 cremated animal remains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Leave funeral wishes: You can include your preferences, such as whether you want to be buried or cremated, as well as music, readings or flowers.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Uncle Willie Flittman said he wants to be cremated and his ashes scattered from the Statue of Liberty.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

First reported by the Scottish Sun, the family who thought they were cremating their loved one are said to be inconsolable.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

And when we’re dealing with a liminal state of pregnancy and loss, everything gets more complicated because you’re not burying or cremating a fully grown human.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2024

The family has also said Mexican authorities and funeral home representatives have repeatedly suggested cremating Blair’s remains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Several political parties in the country’s Congress have expressed support for cremating his remains, and analysts expect lawmakers to approve the bill.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2021

We were here shown the cremating ovens in which the bodies of the departed priests are disposed of, and also the crude cells and the large refectory of the order.

From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou