Seventeen-year-old Ayden Beeson, a popular student and Prom King from Centerville, Iowa, tragically drowned while swimming at Rathbun Lake on June 26, 2024. His body was recovered shortly after he went missing. Known as a kind, hardworking athlete and leader, Ayden’s death devastated his school and community, who remembered him as a bright, well-loved young man taken far too soon.
