Pa. man gets fast-food drive-thru send-off after funeral
YORK, Pa. (AP) - Mourners at a Pennsylvania fast-food fan's funeral wanted him to have it his way, so they arranged for his hearse - and the rest of the procession - to make one last drive-thru visit before reaching the cemetery.
David Kime Jr. "lived by his own rules," daughter Linda Phiel said. He considered the lettuce on a burger his version of healthy eating, she said.
To give him a whopper of a send-off Saturday, the funeral procession stopped at a Burger King where each mourner got a sandwich for the road.
Kime got one last burger too, the York Daily Record reported. It was placed atop his flag-draped coffin at the cemetery.
Phiel said the display wasn't a joke, rather a happy way of honoring her father and the things that brought him joy.
"He lived a wonderful life and on his own terms," she said.
Kime, 88, a World War II veteran, died Jan. 20.
Restaurant manager Margaret Hess said she knew his face and his order. She and her crew made 40 burgers for the funeral procession.
"It's nice to know he was a loyal customer up until the end - the very end," she said.
David Kime Jr. "lived by his own rules," daughter Linda Phiel said. He considered the lettuce on a burger his version of healthy eating, she said.
To give him a whopper of a send-off Saturday, the funeral procession stopped at a Burger King where each mourner got a sandwich for the road.
Kime got one last burger too, the York Daily Record reported. It was placed atop his flag-draped coffin at the cemetery.
Phiel said the display wasn't a joke, rather a happy way of honoring her father and the things that brought him joy.
"He lived a wonderful life and on his own terms," she said.
Kime, 88, a World War II veteran, died Jan. 20.
Restaurant manager Margaret Hess said she knew his face and his order. She and her crew made 40 burgers for the funeral procession.
"It's nice to know he was a loyal customer up until the end - the very end," she said.
Ha ha! What a fun way to go!
Funerals should be times to celebrate someone's life, if even for the little things they enjoyed.
I'd like to go with a 72oz steak from Sayler's though. No way I could ever eat one in life, and who knows, maybe if I can take it with me, I can get it "flame broiled". Hee hee!
@Mikey  dang it.... now you got me thinking about their onion rings. LOL
 @kramr I was just there last week and I haven't been able to stop thinking about them either lol.
They should've gotten him one of the paper crowns, too.
Burger King? Really. Obviously the 'ol coot has never had a double double with cheese.
......or a Teagarden Triple bacon burger....$4
 @beernpizza Supersize for only a buck more.
@beernpizza It's the BEST......
I meant to say, " It's to die for".
Gotta love it!
Hope he died with his bib on.
I intend to go out with the country song "Prop me up beside the jukebox when I die"
 @disgustedman If you EVER want to see a bizarre funeral, go to YouTube and search on the Puerto Rico funeral with the deceased crouched over on a motorcycle. There is another one, also from Puerto Rico of the deceased standing up next to the wall. Almost looks as if he's alive, just standing there. Very bizarre.
 @disgustedman Good ole Joe Diffie. It's a great idea with one problem, you're gonna eventually stink. But hey, if the jukebox is in the smoking area, you might get another couple of days.
What's scary is if they have to dig up his body for some reason, his body will be reduced to dust but the BK burger will be perfectly preserved.
Foolish. When he rises for the Zombie Apocalypse, that burger isn't gonna satisfy him unless it has extra braaaaaaains.
 @Peregrine It's about time you made me laugh!
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