{"id":654,"date":"2018-06-07T21:22:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T21:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/missouri\/?p=654"},"modified":"2022-05-25T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T09:00:48","slug":"john-wesley-rehm-ii-teresa-rehms-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/missouri\/john-wesley-rehm-ii-teresa-rehms-story\/","title":{"rendered":"John \u201cWesley\u201d Rehm II, Teresa Rehm\u2019s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"654\" class=\"elementor elementor-654\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-291fc9b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"291fc9b4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49bfb483\" data-id=\"49bfb483\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59986f34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59986f34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-664 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/missouri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/06\/Wesley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"321\">My name is Teresa and my husband is John. 0ur son, John \u201cWesley\u201d Rehm II who was 28 years old, was killed by a drunk driver who was 22 years old. Around midnight my family heard the sirens and a helicopter heading west. I remember that we commented about the sound of the sirens lasting for a long time. Then, the knock at our door came at 2:30 a.m. Our son was killed about 4-5 miles west from our home, and the bar that the drunk driver had been at was only two blocks east of us. The driver\u2019s BAC was three times the legal limit.<\/p><p>\n<strong>The Crash<\/strong><br>\nThe young man who chose to get behind the wheel while impaired, crossed the center line of Highway 156 west of La Plata at the crest of a hill, hitting our son head on. It happened on January 24, 2015 around 11:40 p.m. and Wesley was pronounced deceased at 1:00 a.m. on January 25th. He was killed instantly in the crash.<\/p><p>\n<strong>It Has Been 3 years Now<\/strong><br>\nWe will always cherish that last Saturday that Wesley was around, being that he usually wasn\u2019t on Saturdays. We had such a wonderful day at home with him. Wesley was single and didn\u2019t have children so the prospect of grandchildren was taken away from us after the crash. We truly believe he was not supposed to die but our Lord and Savior protected him from suffering by taking him instantly. We were amazed that when we saw his van that his body was not mangled!! It has been 3 years now. With the support of family, friends, Church, co-workers and many others that we have been able to hold on. We have two daughters (33 and 28). All our hearts have been ripped open.<\/p><p>\n<strong>Not a Day Goes By<\/strong><br>\nIn his spare time Wesley loved to go bicycling and kayaking with his friends. He will be missed by his parents, his sisters, his friends and all who knew him. Wesley was a 2005 graduate of La Plata High School. He was employed with Sodexo at Truman State University for five years. Wesley was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Kirksville, Missouri. Wesley was a fun loving young man he has impacted so many people in his short life. He did not have children but left behind were his parents, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and many friends who all still miss him terribly. He would do anything for you if you asked even giving his shirt off his back. Not a day goes by that you\u2019re not thought of. You are loved and missed dearly!! \u2014 Teresa Rehm<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Teresa and my husband is John. 0ur son, John \u201cWesley\u201d Rehm II who was 28 years old, was killed by a drunk driver who was 22 years&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/missouri\/john-wesley-rehm-ii-teresa-rehms-story\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">John \u201cWesley\u201d Rehm II, Teresa Rehm\u2019s Journey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-victim-stories","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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