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Robert Mitchell’s enormous family, 16 living siblings in all, gathered in Denver from around the country for his viewing and funeral, not knowing he’d already been cremated and buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery under another man’s name.
He had battled cancer after a long career with the railroad. His family describes him as a man with a magnetic personality who could talk, and laugh, with anyone.
Mitchell spent the final moments of his life Nov. 10 at the Denver Hospice at Lowry.
So did Perry Heath of Aurora.
Denver Hospice disputes contractors’ version of what happened in the hours after their deaths, but what’s known is this: Their bodies were handled according to the instructions of the other’s family.
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