Linda Phiel places a WHOPPER Jr. on the casket to be buried with her father David Kime Jr. at Prospect Hill Cemetery on Saturday. Phiel and other mourners went through the drive-through at Burger King and each got the hamburger in his honor. ( YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS–JASON PLOTKIN)

York, PA –

“On the way to his final resting place Saturday, David S. Kime Jr.’s loved ones took a spin through the Burger King drive-through on the corner of Route 30 and Pennsylvania Avenue for one last WHOPPER JR.

“The 88-year-old West York man died Jan. 20 at York Hospital.

“‘He always lived by his own rules,’ said Linda Phiel, one of Kime’s three daughters. ‘His version of eating healthy was the lettuce on the WHOPPER JR.’

“As a tribute to a man who loved fast food, Phiel’s family stopped for some burgers on the way to the cemetery. Mourners followed the hearse carrying Kime’s flag-draped casket through the drive-thru. Each got a WHOPPER JR.

“The sandwich was among Kime’s favorites.

“‘He liked his WHOPPER JRs.,’ said Margaret Hess, head manager of the Manchester Township Burger King. She and her staff prepared 40 of the sandwiches for the funeral procession.”

The hearse carrying David Kime Jr. pulls up to the drive-through at the Burger King in Manchester Township on Saturday. (YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS–JASON PLOTKIN)

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