"You can't Take it with you" Or Can you?

Have you ever owned anything that you loved so much that you'd want to be buried with it? Many times when I've talked to a friend or family member about funerals they have joked about being buried in a prized possession, like a Piano or in a casket with a T.V. but I never thought anything of it until I saw an news article about a woman who was buried in her car. After doing some research I came to find out that there have been multiple people who have been buried either in or with their large prized possessions.

Here is a list of some people who weren't joking when they said that they loved their cars, motorcycles or other possessions so much that they were buried with them.

1. Sandra West loved her blue Ferrari sports car so much that when she wrote her will she stated that in order for her brother-in-law to receive his hefty inheritance of an estimated $5 million she was to be buried in it. So in 1977, when she died, he followed her wishes. Not only was she buried in her 1964 Ferrari but she was placed in the car in her white nightgown with the seat comfortably tilted back.
As you can imagine the grave for a Ferrari would be a little bigger than a normal casket grave. According to a newspaper article the grave was 19 feet long, 10 feet wide and 9 feet deep.

You can read the origional Article Here.
You can also read more info on her burial on Find A Grave.

2. Lonnie Hollaway was a one of a kind man who wanted to have a one of a kind burial in his town. So when he died in 2009 he was buried in his green 1973 Ponatiac Catalina. The burial took place in his long time home town of Saluda, S.C.
The newspaper article from his home town can be found here.
More info on this burial available on Find a Grave,

3. George Swanson was determined to be buried in his 1984 Corvette so prior to his death he bought 12 burial plots to make sure his prized car would fit. Following his death in 1994 he was cremated and after some negotiating with the cemetery his urn was placed in the front seat of his beloved car which was lowered into the 16 foot hole.
You can read more in this article.
You can also read more on Find A Grave.
One more article.

4.Aurora Schuck loved her red 1976 Cadillac convertible so much that when she died in 1989 she was buried in the back of it. According to newspaper articles it took 14 burial plots and the hole measure 27 feet long, 12 feet wide and 6 feet deep.
read more here and here
Feel free to learn more on Find A Grave.

5. Rose Martin was a well known woman in Tiverton, RI who requested to be buried in her Chevrolet Corvair. When she died in 1998 her wish was granted and her casket was placed inside the car and then the car, with the casket in side was buried in Providence Road Island. The Burial took 4 burial plots.
Read more here and here.
Find more on Find A Grave.

6. Harry Flamburis, or as his Hell's Angels biker buddies like to call him, "Harry the Horse", was murdered and buried in Cypress Lawn Cemetery in San Fransisco, CA. Originally his burial was somewhat normal, excluding the fact that hundreds of bikers from across the United States had come to pay their respects. A month or so later the members of his gang felt that Harry's bike was a "special bike" so they had it buried on top of his casket with him.
More on his original burial Here.
More on burial with his bike Here.
Read on Find A Grave. 

7. Billie Leo Standley was a man who loved to travel and he loved his motorcycle. So, you guessed it, in Febuary of 2014 he was buried mounted on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle in a Plexiglas casket that he and his sons had specially made for the occasion. It took 3 burial spaces and a crane to lower his homemade casket into the ground but his wish of was fulfilled.
Read more here.
You can also watch a video here.
Find out more on Find A Grave.

Last but not least..........

8. Ruben John Smith was a man who loved his comfort and loved his checkers so in 1988 his dying wish was fulfilled he was buried in a sarcophagus sitting upright in his recliner chair with a checkers board on his lap. Not only as he buried in his chair but he was buried with  his hat on a with a warm coat (in-case it got chilly in the sarcophagus) with a key to the door in his coat pocket.
Read more on Find a Grave.
More info available Here.