article_snippet.sent: The familyJerry Moon, pictured with his wife Janice, were distraught when they found another man's body in another man .
article_snippet.sent: Chronically ill in his final years, Mr Moon - who began arranging for his funeral 16 years before his death in 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Born in Chehalis, Mr Moon, a father and stepfather to six, spent most of The 72-year-old railroad conductor life in Southwest Washington .
article_snippet.sent: According to family members, Mr Moon - who funeral was a touching goodbye to the man they loved.
article_snippet.sent: But they were horrified to find the body of Robert Petitclerc - dressed in Mr Moon - who clothes and with a picture of Mr Moon - who's wife tucked under the pillow in the coffin.
article_snippet.sent: This makes me feel like his was treated as a number, not a person,' daughter Cheryl Moon told KIROTV.com at the time. '
article_snippet.sent: I turned around and said to myself three times, 'That's not his, that's not his, that's not his,' son Randy Moon told the station.
article_snippet.sent: The mistake is all the more surprising as Mr Moon - who was 72 and bald while Mr Petitclerc was 97 and had a full head of hair, the lawsuit said. '
article_snippet.sent: The family, who had been given a bill of $8,834 by Brown Mortuary for the service, would only later learn that the mix up at the funeral home meant Mr Moon - who had been cremated.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Moon - who, pictured with wife Janice, had paid $4,655 to be buried in a family plot in Chehalis, Washington, according to a lawsuit filed in Lewis County Superior Court .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Moon - who's son Randy says Moon's son Randy believes Moon's son Randy father is in Heaven, regardless of who was in the casket .
article_snippet.sent: Born in Chehalis, Mr Moon, a father and stepfather to six, had spent most of Moon's son Randy life in Southwest Washington.
article_snippet.sent: Brown Mortuary initially claimed the body was Mr Moon - who, but later admitted Brown Mortuary had been cremated on October 17, 2013, by mistake, according to a lawsuit filed in Lewis County Superior Court.
article_snippet.sent: Brown Mortuary later sent a $92.72 refund check to Mr Moon - who.
highlights_snippet.sent: Jerry Moon, 72, had pre-arranged to be buried in a family plot in Chehalis .
  