Robert Beam MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Robert L. Beam, 61, of Muscatine, died Wednesday, May 23, 2007, at his home. No services are planned. Per his wishes, cremation rites were accorded at the Cremation Memorial Center of the Nichols Chapel Hill Funeral Home and Crematory. Mr. Beam was born Dec. 24, 1945, in Spruce Pine, N.C., the son of Leslie Robert and Jody Benfield Beam. He married Terri Yocom June 18, 2005, in Muscatine. He was a handyman and had previously worked as a mold technician at Letica. He loved to fish on the Muscatine river front. His favorite hangout was The Bullpen. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Curtis of Lime Springs and Dale; a daughter, Margaret of Prophetstown, Ill..; a stepson, John Brockert of Muscatine; a stepdaughter, Annissa Swenson of Muscatine; a brother, Carver Beam of Kewanee, Ill.; three sisters, Peggy Luffman of Elkin, N.C., Linda Jacobson of Sun City, Ariz. and Betty Gish of Kewanee, Ill.; and many grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Patricia "Pee Wee". [more]