Iconic Pennsylvania mummy ‘Stoneman Willie’ to be buried after 128 years on display

An alcoholic pickpocket — known affectionately as “Stoneman Willie” — who was accidentally mummified by a mortician trying out a new embalming technique will finally receive a proper burial after being on display at a Pennsylvania funeral home for 128 years. The unidentified man died of kidney failure in a Reading jail on Nov. 19, 1895. Undertaker Theodore Auman tried to preserve the body of the deceased using arterial embalming – and his experiment ended up working a little too well. For more than a century, “Stoneman Willie,” who has acquired a celebrity status in the area, has reposed at Auman’s Funeral Home. “We don’t refer to him as a mummy. We refer to him as our friend Willie,” said Kyle Blankenbiller, funeral director. “He has just been become such an icon, such a storied part of not only Reading’s past but certainly its present.” Read more at #pennsylvania #mummy #stonemanwillie The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: Catch the latest news here: Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - Facebook -