A touching and slightly macabre tale

Just received the following from a list I'm on and thought it might make interesting reading for some of you, considering how passionate people are here about their bikes:

Stan Haley was a bike mechanic. He wrenched for nearly all the local
Lansing shops, even though he had a couple of Graduate Degrees. He just
loved bicycles. He spent the last 16 years of his mechanic's career working
for my buddy Bill at Holt Pro Cyclery. Then Stan decided to retire. He had
some good years. He got a job as a rural newspaper delivery person to
supplement his income or as something to do, I really don't know which.
Stan was out working on that weekend before last when he was struck by a car
and killed. Besides his family, Stan left behind vintage bicycles, a huge
collection of vintage jerseys, bike tees (some of which may come to Cirque
with me) and bike tools. And one last and very unusual request.

His beloved regular ride was a custom built 'bent. Off topic to us here,
but very much on topic for Stan. True to Stan's wish, the thing was taken
to my buddy's shop last Friday and Bill worked far into the night getting
Stan's ashes into its' frame. His wish was to have his ashes installed in
it and to have it hang over his favorite bar, where he had spent many a
happy hour. I think they hung it yesterday.

So Stranger, if your travels should take you to Beggar's Banquet, a very
venerable and well known Bar in East Lansing, Michigan and you should cast
your eyes up above the bar and see a rather exotic recumbent bike in a
place of honor, think of old Stan, who is hanging out there, still.