Marlena Amalfitano: > When I was in Switzerland, this spring, I asked about this and was > told the family has the use of the grave for 50 years for a particular > person, then they are cremated and the family decides what to do with > the cremains. Did you invent the word 'cremains'? I have never seen it before, and I think it's a nice amalgam of 'cremate' and 'remains'. Kjell O. Hattrem