An 82-year old Ohio biker, Billy Stanley was buried astride his beloved bike in a transparent Plexiglas coffin, dressed in his leathers and sunglasses.
It was his dying wish to be buried with his beloved Harley-Davidson bike.
Pete Standley said, though the family had agreed that the procession to the cemetery, during which the body would be on display, may be shocking, they wanted to honor their father's last wish.
"He'd done right by us all these years, and at least we could see he goes out the way he wanted to," he said.
The body of Bill who died of lung cancer on Sunday was dressed in his favorite leather and sunglasses, sitting on top his 1967 Electra Glide cruiser, a Harley Davidson for his journey home.According to report, he started the funeral preparations himself, buying three large burial plots next to his wife, Lorna so the hole would be big enough to accommodate his unique casket.
Describing her father, his daughter, Dorothy said he was 'a quirky man'.
To prevent his body from falling off the bike, embalmers prepared his body with a metal back brace and straps.
It was his dying wish to be buried with his beloved Harley-Davidson bike.
Pete Standley said, though the family had agreed that the procession to the cemetery, during which the body would be on display, may be shocking, they wanted to honor their father's last wish.
"He'd done right by us all these years, and at least we could see he goes out the way he wanted to," he said.
To prevent his body from falling off the bike, embalmers prepared his body with a metal back brace and straps.
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