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

In the weeks before my dad died from prostate cancer, he decided he’d like to be interred at a woodland burial site.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 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

I told you, did I not, that my dear father had enjoined on Colonel Graham, should anything untoward occur, that he should send my body home to be interred in the vault of my ancestors?

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)