Illinois man orders custom beer-can coffin

[Ban Hammer 13,347]

SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. - Bill Bramanti will love Pabst Blue Ribbon eternally, and he's got the custom-made beer-can casket to prove it. "I actually fit, because I got in here," said Bramanti of South Chicago Heights.

The 67-year-old Glenwood village administrator doesn't plan on needing it anytime soon, though.

He threw a party Saturday for friends and filled his silver coffin — designed in Pabst's colors of red, white and blue — with ice and his favorite brew.

"Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?" said Bramanti's daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42.

Bramanti ordered the casket from Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights, and Scott Sign Co. of Chicago Heights designed the beer can.

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[HAL 9000 96]

Saw it on WGN this morning... the man could have upgraded the beer brand a little bit, no??

[Ban Hammer 13,347]

Saw it on WGN this morning... the man could have upgraded the beer brand a little bit, no??

ita

[Scott & Lai 12]

Saw it on WGN this morning... the man could have upgraded the beer brand a little bit, no??

ita

I wouldn't be caught dead holding a can of bad beer, let alone lying in one

[*JG* 2]

Besides the PBR part, I think this is a very unique idea.

Bet the wake and funeral will be fun.

[HAL 9000 96]

Jeez this would be like a bunch of frat guys ordering up Icehouse coffins for themselves... nasty!

Perhaps, however, it can be a way for some folks to get sponsorhip of funeral costs...

Edited May 5, 2008 by maviwaro

[Niels Bohr 72]

Sloppy way of dying.

[HAL 9000 96]

Sloppy way of dying.

Not unless you're a Suntory Whiskey man... you're final times would be relaxing times with Suntory...

[*JG* 2]

What difference does it really make? They all disingrate in the ground eventually anyhow.

[Ban Hammer 13,347]

maybe i can get one like a tabasco bottle

[mawilson 2,133]

maybe i can get one like a tabasco bottle

Or Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce?

[almaty 19]

[DeadPoolX 9]

If you want to see some really interesting coffins (sure, that's morbid, but it goes along with the thread topic) head on over to the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston, TX. They have everything from antiques that are well over a century old (if not more) to the bizarre, including coffins in the shape of chickens, tigers, and vehicles.

[Amby 490]

Besides the PBR part, I think this is a very unique idea.

Bet the wake and funeral will be fun.

I agree. It sounds like he was a fun guy!

[*JG* 2]

This kind of grossed me out until I realized he can probably take a pretty comfortable nap at his desk now. I'm jealous!