mike honcho
Knuckleheads
NewsCore) - COMPTON, Calif. – There are drive-thru burger joints and drive-thru banks but now one California city offers the ultimate in drive-thru convenience: drive-thru casket viewing.
Yes, at the Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton, south of Los Angeles, it is possible to view the deceased resting in a casket display window while cruising past in your car, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
"It's a unique feature that sets us aside from other funeral parlors," said owner Peggy Scott Adams.
"You can come by after work, you don't need to deal with parking, you can sign the book outside and the family knows that you paid your respects," Scott Adams explained. "It's a convenience thing."
Although the Times reported a handful of drive-thru funeral parlors were known to operate in other parts of the US, this was believed to be the first in southern California, home of cars and convenience.
Read more on myFOXdfw.com: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpps/news/u...ing-dpgonc-km-20110417_12808151#ixzz1Jp7UclKP
Yes, at the Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton, south of Los Angeles, it is possible to view the deceased resting in a casket display window while cruising past in your car, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
"It's a unique feature that sets us aside from other funeral parlors," said owner Peggy Scott Adams.
"You can come by after work, you don't need to deal with parking, you can sign the book outside and the family knows that you paid your respects," Scott Adams explained. "It's a convenience thing."
Although the Times reported a handful of drive-thru funeral parlors were known to operate in other parts of the US, this was believed to be the first in southern California, home of cars and convenience.
Read more on myFOXdfw.com: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpps/news/u...ing-dpgonc-km-20110417_12808151#ixzz1Jp7UclKP
