What does pronounced deceased mean?
to state as an official medical fact that someone is dead. He was pronounced deceased on arrival at the hospital.
Why is buried pronounced berried?
The pronunciation of the words bury and buried (the simple past of bury) is less straight-froward than expected. The standard (British and American) pronunciations are [ˈberi] and [ˈberid], listen here. Hence, bury is pronounced exactly like berry! Just think about the words iron and irony!