cremate

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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

They happen when people die in poverty, alone or without relatives who can afford to cremate or bury them.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

Those who opt to bury or cremate on their own pay a funeral home.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

When Cheryl Irvin’s 72-year-old husband died at their home near Vancouver from a heart attack Feb. 25, she expected to obtain his death certificate, cremate him and hold a memorial within a week.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

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 Haddon, Alfred Court