Sean Michael Ward
Born: June 15, 1988 ~ Died: May 19, 2009
Naval Air Crewman 2nd Class (AW/NAC) Sean Michael Ward passed away on May 19, 2009. Sean was training in a HH6O Seahawk Helicopter when it went down off the coast of San Diego, California. All on board were lost. Sean was born in Frankfurt, Germany on June 15, 1988 to Michael and Maria Ward. Most of his childhood was spent in Northern Nevada. He attended elementary school in Fallon before moving to Lovelock in 1996.
In Lovelock, Sean excelled in everything, especially athletics, and was a Defensive Back and Quarterback for the Mustangs during a 24 game win streak, during which, the Mustangs claimed a 2A State Football Championship. He also earned multiple letters in basketball and baseball. He was voted Most Popular, Funniest, and Best Actor by his senior class.
Upon graduation, Sean enlisted in the US Navy, where he once again excelled. Sean absolutely loved his duties in the Navy and was lost doing what he loved while preparing to serve our country overseas.
Sean was, quite simply, the young man every boy in Lovelock looked up to and the young man every parent would be proud to have their daughter bring home. Everybody he met, no matter how briefly, was touched and inspired by him. He was an important part of the Lovelock community and touched far more lives here, and in his Naval service, than he ever knew. Sean‘s overwhelming zest for life, family, friends, children and sports, and his effortless manner of passing that zest onto everyone he met will never be duplicated or forgotten.
Surviving Sean are his parents, Michael and Maria Ward of Lovelock; his sister, Jennifer M. Ward of Reno; his grandmother, Ursula Kotzabassis of Germany, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins around the country and the world. Everyone within Lovelock, and his Naval Squadron (The 115-6 Screamin‘ Indians), were considered by Sean to be a huge part of his extended family; so he is survived by all of them as well. He was an inspiration to everyone and will be missed dearly by every one of us, young and old.
In Lovelock, Sean excelled in everything, especially athletics, and was a Defensive Back and Quarterback for the Mustangs during a 24 game win streak, during which, the Mustangs claimed a 2A State Football Championship. He also earned multiple letters in basketball and baseball. He was voted Most Popular, Funniest, and Best Actor by his senior class.
Upon graduation, Sean enlisted in the US Navy, where he once again excelled. Sean absolutely loved his duties in the Navy and was lost doing what he loved while preparing to serve our country overseas.
Sean was, quite simply, the young man every boy in Lovelock looked up to and the young man every parent would be proud to have their daughter bring home. Everybody he met, no matter how briefly, was touched and inspired by him. He was an important part of the Lovelock community and touched far more lives here, and in his Naval service, than he ever knew. Sean‘s overwhelming zest for life, family, friends, children and sports, and his effortless manner of passing that zest onto everyone he met will never be duplicated or forgotten.
Surviving Sean are his parents, Michael and Maria Ward of Lovelock; his sister, Jennifer M. Ward of Reno; his grandmother, Ursula Kotzabassis of Germany, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins around the country and the world. Everyone within Lovelock, and his Naval Squadron (The 115-6 Screamin‘ Indians), were considered by Sean to be a huge part of his extended family; so he is survived by all of them as well. He was an inspiration to everyone and will be missed dearly by every one of us, young and old.