| Graduation Year | Class of 1990 |
| Date of Passing | May 21, 2023 |
| About | Photo is from the 1987 yearbook so his sophomore year. *********** Sean passed away unexpectedly at his Bellingham home on May 21. He was born with a heart arrhythmia, which resulted in a pacemaker when he was in his thirties. It's possible this was the cause of the cardiac event that took him from us. Sean was the son of Robert "Bob" and Bernice (Patnode) Spain. He grew up in Yakima, WA, attending St. Paul's Cathedral School and graduating from Eisenhower High School in 1990. As a child, he was active in sports, playing soccer, basketball, baseball, football, and wrestling. As a teen, he skied, water skied, and skateboarded. Sean was very creative. He was an artist, musician and storyteller. As a child he loved to paint, draw and make clay models. He put on magic shows and lip syncs for the neighborhood kids, foreshadowing his future career. He created elaborate haunted houses, and as an adult he created them for his own children's Halloween parties. During his high school years, Sean found his true passion in life, which would lead to a future career as a concert producer. Sean played guitar and bass in garage bands, the most notable being Uncle Squirrelly. When he moved to Bellingham for college, Sean continued playing music with Uncle Squirrelly and booking other bands at local venues. His next band was Superfly 2000, and Siv played violin. When she played the violin with them the first time, he fell in love. She felt the same way, and their friendship would soon turn into best friends in love, which turned into a marriage of 22 years. During college, he wrote an entertainment column for the Bellingham Herald and started and published "What's Up?", a monthly entertainment magazine. Sean and Siv married in 2001. While Sean loved music, he loved being married and family life even more. They waited ten years to have their children. During this time, he co-founded the Red Sky Agency, which was the culmination of years of tenacity and persistence in breaking through in the entertainment industry to be able to book national acts. He was proud of his accomplishments in establishing this company and earned a reputation of success based on enduring relationships and positive vibes. Their first son, Eli Zander was born in 2011, followed by Isak Matthew. Sean was born to be a dad. He was all a partner in marriage could ever ask for in the journey of parenthood. His two boys have been the luckiest in the world, having a dad who brings all the fun, all the time. Sean embraced Siv's travel and adventure plans as a family - while she dreamt up and planned the ski and road trip adventures, Sean executed them (without complaining), and helped to rally the kids when one or the other was feeling less motivated. Sean is survived by his wife, Siv (Ostlund) Spain; sons, Eli (age 11) and Isak (age 9) Spain; parents, Bob and Bernice Spain; sister, Janelle Spain; sister-in-law Anne-Britt Ostlund (Markus Schenk); brother-in-law Kjell (Hillary) Ostlund; parents-in-law Bodil Ostlund, and Jon and Leslie Ostlund; and nieces Eliza Viden, and Tia and Sadie Schenk. He is also survived by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, fans, and colleagues. A celebration of Sean's beautiful self, spirit, and awesomeness will be held at the Bellingham Ferry Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. Bellingham, WA 98225 on Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 1:30pm. A reception will follow the ceremony. Please share fun memories and pictures at Kudoboard for Siv Spain | Kudoboard. We will print this into a book in the future for his children. You can read Sean's full obituary at www.westfordfuneralhome.com. |
