Read about wrong body incident at Chehalis funeral blamed on Kelso mortician’s error …

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – KOMOnews.com reports the Chehalis funeral home involved in last autumn’s mixup of two bodies has been exonerated, as state investigators concluded the mistake occurred at a Kelso funeral home.

When the family of Jerry Moon opened the casket to say their final goodbyes, and found a stranger inside on Oct. 21, it was because Dahl-McVicker Funeral Home had sent Brown Mortuary Service in Chehalis the wrong body, according to KOMOnews.com.

A writer for KOMO says an employee of Dahl-McVicker put the wrong identification bracelets on Moon, 72 of Castle Rock, and Robert Petitclerc, 92 of Kelso, after picking up the two deceased men from a Longview care center on the same day.

Read more here

Comments are closed.