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Man buried riding his 1967 Harley-Davidson

Man buried riding his 1967 Harley-Davidson

Billy Standley was spectacularly laid to rest in a Mechanicsburg cemetery on Friday while seated on the back of his 1967 Electra Glide cruiser thanks to the handiwork of five embalmers and a metal back brace and straps. The 82-year-old motorhead succumbed to lung cancer on Sunday.
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Billy Standley always told friends and family he’d be buried riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

Now thanks to his adoring family, his dying wish has been fulfilled.
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The Ohio motorhead was spectacularly laid to rest in a Mechanicsburg cemetery on Friday while seated on the back of his 1967 Electra Glide cruiser thanks to the handiwork of five embalmers and a metal back brace and straps.

As his family told the Dayton Daily News it was a project that’s been in the works for the last several years he’s been alive.
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If you stopped by his house, he showed you his casket,” his son Roy Standley told the paper. “He was proud of it.”

The casket consisted of a 9-by-11 cement septic tank, Plexiglas and wood and steel rods to reinforce the bottom. Because of its large size, it also required the purchase of three burial plots, which were next to his wife, Lorna.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ohio-man-buried-riding-harley-davidson-motorcycle-article-1.1598403#ixzz2s1fGD7UX

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