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Michael Bahen Obituary
September 20, 1952 - February 18, 2016
Topsail Beach
Michael Francis Bahen passed away February 18, 2016 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Wilmington, NC after a short and courageous battle with cancer. Mike was born September 20, 1952 in Dunn, NC.
He was preceded in death by his father, James Joseph Bahen, Sr., his mother Lillian Parker Bahen Pettit and his older brother James Joseph Bahen, Jr. who died just eight days before him.
Mike is survived by two sisters, Catherine Blalock (Al) and Mary Hilker (Bob) and sister in law, Deborah Bahen, along with numerous nephews and nieces.
He lived briefly in Raleigh but grew up in Goldsboro. Following high school, he enlisted in the US Navy in 1971, and proudly served in Vietnam aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga. He spent most of his adult life in the Wilmington/Topsail Beach area. The job he most enjoyed late in his working life was serving for many years as Topsail Island's late-night taxi driver, delivering many happy party goers safely home.
A celebration of his life will be held at Topsail Beach in the spring. Memorials in Mike's honor may be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice at www.hospiceandlifecarecenter.org. Thoughts, wishes, and prayers may be posted on his Facebook page.
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Jerry Phillips
August 5, 2023
My family lived across the street from the Bahen's for seven years. We knew the entire family well; my sister, brother, and I attended St. Mary's School during that time along with Mike and Mary. We often engaged in activities together around our neighborhood and at school. Mike had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to laugh. Naturally, as a student at St. Mary's, he was an excellent student as that was expected of all of us. Those were good times. Alas, we had to move away ,to the opposite end of our country, and I never saw Mike or Mary again. Rest in peace, Mike.
DW
February 20, 2016
My sincerest condolences to the family. May God give you strength and peace during this difficult time. (Psalm 29:11)
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