Michael Robert Beehn passed away on August 5, 2022 at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, MO, surrounded by his loving family, following complications from a diagnosis of Pulmonary Fibrosis less than two months earlier. He was 76 years old and living with his wife Judy in the home that they built together near Bluford, Illinois almost 50 years ago.Mike was born on April 11, 1946 to Bette and Robert Beehn in Olney, Illinois. Mike grew up in Wayne City where he met the love of his life Judy Ann Sledge by nearly colliding together on the stairs at Wayne City High School when they were just 15 years old. It was love at first sight, and they would be married for 56 years.Mike grew up in Wayne City working at the lumber yard ran by his father, at a time when small communities mirrored the image of a Norman Rockwell painting, and his childhood stories were like that of the 'Andy Griffith Show' sprinkled with a few youthful antics of an 'Our Gang' episode. Like the ti
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