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
honouring 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 January 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.
