is it possible to

[crisgal]

find out where someone is buried?
I mean fairly recently, not from ages ago.

[heathfield]

There's the 'National Burial Index', available online and on CD. But it's only valid up to 2005, refers to England and Wales only, and doesn't yet cover all counties. Type the words into Google

[spudqueen]

If you know when the person died you could look for an obituary in the local newspaper as that usually carries funeral details.