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Finally, the Daily Mirror reports on families calling for a public inquiry into the funeral director who failed to bury or cremate people and gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Since then, he has admitted 67 offences, including failing to bury and cremate people, and giving out wrong ashes.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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

The Kadu Kurumba of Mysore bury children but cremate adults; there is a separate house in each village for unmarried girls and another at the end of the village for unmarried males.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

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

She and her partner, Callum Ellerby, were told their baby was cremated on 10 May 2021.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

In March, Chinese authorities banned entombing cremated remains in empty apartments, a practice that took off as mourners tried to dodge rising funeral costs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Authorities were tipped off to the crimes after one of the dog owners told authorities that they received a message from the trainer saying their dog had died in its sleep and was cremated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

They cremated their dead, spoke the Germanic ancestors of Old English and were pagans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

He was carried on his charpoy to an empty place in one of the fields to be cremated.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

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

Workers in New Delhi on Tuesday building new platforms for cremating bodies, as the coronavirus takes an increasing toll on the country.Credit...

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 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