Cremation delay concerns widow planning memorial

DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver woman lost her husband of 44 years. Then she had her heart broken again when wasn’t cremated in time for the original service she planned.

Michelle Brown sat in the apartment she shared with her husband of 44 years, Beaufus (Jimmy) Lee Brown, surrounded by beautiful memories.

“Everybody loved him,” she said tearfully.

Brown passed at age 88 after battling dementia.

“I was watching him go from a vigorous, robust individual to someone who was just lately saying, ‘I’m tired,’” Brown said.

Brown made arrangements to have her husband cremated through the Neptune Society of Denver, then she planned to bring in family from out of town for his celebration of life service. …