Bill's Last Ride
PapiCulo
Published
02/07/2014
Billy Standley Funeral. As strange and unsettling as it may be at first glance, one can't find fault in the guy's desire to make an exit in his own way.
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Billie was born to ride. Folks assumed hed ride till the day he died. Well, Billie rode even longer, sitting astride his 67 Harley Electra Glide straight into his grave. -
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the Mechanicsburg man bought three extra burial plots at the Fairview Cemetery in Mutual, next to his wife, Lorna. The land was big enough for the 9-by-11-foot cement septic tank able to accommodate his bike. -
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His sons, Pete and Roy, fashioned the casket out of Plexiglas, reinforcing the bottom with wood and steel rods to handle the extra weight. For five years, it sat in Standleys garage. -
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- He wanted people to see him via a see-through coffin- Five embalmers worked together to secure him with a back brace -
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- The casket was built in the garage of Vernon funeral home- Included in the casket were his trophies and old leathers -
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His son, Pete told the Dayton Daily News, Hed done right by us all these years, and at least we could see he goes out the way he wanted to. -
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