cremains

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I am writing to you to object to the word cremains, which was used by your representative when he met with my mother and me two days after my father's death.

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  • Interment of the cremains will be at a later date in the Pioneer Cemetery under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney.
  • I am writing to you to object to the word cremains, which was used by your representative when he met with my mother and me two days after my father's death. —  NPR Topics: News
  • Interment of his cremains will be in the Sidney Cemetery.
  • Attorney Neal Gordon -- the trustee assign to resolve the debts of the family-owned business that started in 1920 -- said finding the cremains was a surprise and unsettling. —  ajc.com - News
  • Burial of the cremains will be at a later date. —  Marshall Democrat-News Headlines
 

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  1. Blend of cremated, past participle of cremate and remains.
 

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