The hearse
carrying David Kime, Jr pulls up to the drive-through at the Burger King in
York, Pa. on Saturday. – APpic
YORK, Pennsylvania: 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. - AP
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