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Man Uses His Coffin As Beer Tub
An Illinois man says he hopes to get his money's worth out of his new coffin, eventually. In the meantime, Bill Bramanti of South Chicago Heights says that his specially designed silver casket is serving as a beer cooler. The 67-year-old Bramanti recently ordered a coffin designed like a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.
The coffin's interior has a black liner to prevent seepage. On Saturday, Bramanti hosted a party and filled his red-white-and-blue casket with ice and PBR. The 67-year-old administrator for the village of Glenwood figures he can fit about 15 cases of Pabst inside. Bramanti ordered his coffin from a Chicago Heights funeral home and had a local sign company design the PBR can. He says he doesn't know yet how much the coffin will cost.
Illinois man orders custom beer-can coffin
The Associated Press
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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