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Ohio man buried on his motorcycle

Billy Standley of Mechanicsburg, Ohio started planning to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle about 18 years ago. His family carried out his wish Friday with a large Plexiglas casket at Fairview Cemetery in Mutual. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Billy Standley of Mechanicsburg, Ohio started planning to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle about 18 years ago. His family carried out his wish Friday with a large Plexiglas casket at Fairview Cemetery in Mutual. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Billy Standley of Mechanicsburg, Ohio started planning to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle about 18 years ago. His family carried out his wish Friday with a large Plexiglas casket at Fairview Cemetery in Mutual. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Billy Standley of Mechanicsburg, Ohio started planning to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle about 18 years ago. His family carried out his wish Friday with a large Plexiglas casket at Fairview Cemetery in Mutual. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

A mourner takes photos of the deceased Billy Standley on his 1967 Harley Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle in a large plexiglas casket Friday at Fairview Cemetery in Mutual. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

A mourner takes photos of the deceased Billy Standley on his 1967 Harley Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle in a large plexiglas casket Friday at Fairview Cemetery in Mutual. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Billy Standley of Mechanicsburg, Ohio started planning to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle about 18 years ago. His family carried out his wish Friday with a large Plexiglas casket at Fairview Cemetery in Mutual. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Dorothy Brown, left, the oldest daughter of Billy Standley speaks during her father's funeral at Fairview Cemetery in Mutual Friday. MARSHALL GORBY/ STAFF

Billy Standley of Mechanicsburg, Ohio started planning to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle about 18 years ago. His family carried out his wish Friday with a large Plexiglas casket at Fairview Cemetery in Mutual. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Billy Standley of Mechanicsburg, Ohio started planning to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle about 18 years ago. His family carried out his wish Friday with a large Plexiglas casket at Fairview Cemetery in Mutual. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

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