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Subscribe to RSSA Pennsylvania man who died at age 88 was buried Saturday -- but not before a stop at Burger King on the way to the cemetery for a Whopper Jr.
The York Daily Record reported that David S. Kime Jr. of West York loved those burgers -- along with other fast food -- so his family and friends followed the hearse through the drive-through window at the Manchester Burger King. The manager said 40 Whopper Jr. burgers were prepared, including one for Kime, who died Jan. 20.
"He always lived by his own rules," Linda Phiel, one of Kime's three daughters, told the Daily Record. "His version of eating healthy was the lettuce on the Whopper Jr."
Phiel said her 5-foot-tall father was a borderline diabetic for years and had pacemaker, but he began eating what he wanted after his wife died 25 years ago, according to the Daily Record.
"He was not prejudiced," Phiel told the Daily Record. "He would go to any fast food place anyone invited him to."
After a while, she said, she gave up lecturing him: "When you're 88 years old, I guess you've earned the right to do what you want to do."
A photo in the Daily Record shows Phiel placing her dad's last burger atop his casket amid a spray of flowers.
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Hell, since it was his last Whopper he should have piled on the Bacon with a large fries and a Big Gulp!
"After a while, she said, she gave up lecturing him: "When you're 88 years old, I guess you've earned the right to do what you want to do.""
AMEN.
Great story..
I bet that he did a lot of exercises (walking instead of driving, cutting his lawn...) to live that long on burgers.
I think that I need to eat Whopper Jr's so that I can live to 88
Gene took the words right out of my mouth. The guy made it to 88, living....well...eating like a KING! Rest in Peace with your Whopper, sir.
Have to give it to this guy. He lived his life his way and enjoyed the time he had. Decent amount of time too, 88! I only wish I have it so good. I would like to put in my order now. Philly cheese steak wit and large fries. RIP Mr. Kime hope the burger was good.
I asked my grandfather once, his secret to long life. He replied- "eat whatever you want, take it easy, don't worry". He made it to age 90, and most of those years were good. God bless the old way of thinking! Rest in peace Mr. Kime! 88 isn't a bad run, when you've enjoyed life!
Well, if there is a great way to honor those who have passed, what better way to do it then with a bit of humor. I am sorry for their loss but I am sure the acceptance of their father's ways will help them cope a lot better. They will be more at peace with themselves. 88 is a good age. I lost my father when he was 61 and I was 19 to lung cancer. We never accepted his smoking and it was always a bone of contention, right up till his last drowning breath.
Very sweet. Rest in Peace, dear Mr. Kime.
RIP to the guy, and it is nice to go on a happy note.
They tell me we only passng this way one time, and if we just happen to come back, I am quite sure it won't be with two legs.
Again, RIP to the fallen, and anything pass 80 is a dam good life!
My doctor told me a while back that I should moderate my diet and alcohol intake. He said to make sure that I got 8 hours of sleep each night. I asked him if this would make me live longer. He said no, but it would sure seem like it.
glad the fellow could go out with just a bit of humor. A funeral should be a time to celabrate that the dead person had a chance here on earth and did the best that they could. Too much sorrow just makes things worse.
In another story, Gerald Katzenjammer of New York, NY had a last request for a supersized double whopper meal to be buried with him but the mayor's new dictates on sodas prevented that, wasn't good for his health you know.
She was right when you are that old you have earned the right to do what you want to. You are going to die of something and they haven't used "old age" as a cause of death since the 70s. Unless you have grandchildren or some other burning unfinished desire enjoy life. It's shorter now that it was twenty years ago.
This story has made me think about my mortality - I am now thinking I should visit the Mustang Ranch and have all them girls come to my wake.
I'm sorry for your loss. Your dad sounds like he was quite a character, and a lot of fun to be around, may he rest in peace.
My mother LOVED ice cream...CHOCOLATE ice cream, and potato chips. In the last 3 years of her life (she died at 98) she was in the medical section of a life care community. She ordered ice cream and potato chips to be on her tray every lunch and dinner. At one care conference, the dietician commented about Mother's always wanting ice cream and potato chips and how it was not good for her to have it so often. I said, "at 98, she can have whatever makes her happy". She would have loved to have it for breakfast too. I remember her telling me when I was young that she would eat ice cream for breakfast. I guess I come by the love of ice cream naturally! I guess it is not unusual that my Dad was in the dairy business!
Jeez Louise - he lived to 88 on a diet of burgers? My mom lived the cleanest life of anyone I ever knew. She ate all the right things, drank her water, didn't drive so she walked everywhere and she died like a dog from cancer at 74
His daughter was correct... If you reach his age, let him do as he wishes....
Everyone seems to think that eating fast food will kill you. This guy lived to be 88. Of course, you have to have it with moderation and with exercise, like everything else in life. Moderation is something that American society seems to have forgotten about. Notice how many fad diets are extreme these days, eliminating one or two food groups? A lot of them don't even mention exercise.
You never know how / when your time will come. My aunt was the only one in her family that never took a drink of alcohaol. She died at 54 of liver cancer. Her siblings made it to their 70's & 80's.
Could've been worse: a monster thickburger w/ fries [Hardee's] has the same amount of saturated fat, as 101 pieces of bacon. Anyone think this guy would've lasted 88 years eating those regularly? I didn't think so.
May have lived to be 99 if he'd laid off the fast food crap.
You all missed that "he started eating what he wanted" after his wife died. I am not saying he was trying to commit suicide. But it sounds to me like he decided there was no reason to try to maximize his life span after she was gone.
Did you ever think that it was simply his wife who did all the cooking for him till she died?
And you missed the fact that without a woman around a man can live to a ripe old age!
They went through the Die Thru.