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Name: Sean Misner
Date of Birth: April 8, 1987
Sean Michael Misner was born in Goleta California. Sean attended
Santa Ynez High school and
loved and played for the high school football and track team.
From ten years of age Sean played
football. On the Santa Ynez High School football team he was
known as Mighty Mouse. He
was also known as Spiderman because of the way the ball would
stick to his hands. He referred
to his dad, Ron Misner, as the one who was instrumental in
teaching him the proper way to
catch a ball. Sean always wanted to play professional football
for the Dallas Cowboys being an
avid, faithful fan. He then quickly realized his true passion
was to be a firefighter like his
grandfather, great grandfather, uncles and cousin. Sean loved to
be outdoors, whether it was
going to Red Rock River, the ocean, going on hikes, or
snowboarding. After graduating in 2005Sean attended Santa Barbara
City College and played for the football team for a short period
of
time. Sean, being a loyal friend, moved to Wyoming with his best
friend Jason Lambert. This
only lasted 3 months because Seans heart was always in Santa
Ynez. Upon returning to the
Valley, Sean became an assistant football coach for Dunn School
and discovered his love for
coaching and passing on his knowledge of the game. Sean also
worked at Los Olivos grocery as
a produce manager where he met his wife Amanda Misner
(Wilkinson) in 2010, knowing he
already had plans to move to Auburn, Alabama, again with buddy
Jason. Sean and Amanda
decided to try to make a long distance relationship work, but
this time it wasnt the city of
Santa Ynez calling Sean to come home but his love for a girl he
had just met. Sean andAmandas relationship was always on the fast
lane.
Sean, being very traditional, asked Amandas brother and dad for
permission to marry her and
proposed on April 8th
2012 (his birthday) which he always told her was because it was
a gift for
both of them. On September 15th
2012, Sean and Amanda were married. After the wedding
Sean moved to Prescott Valley Arizona and worked with Mountain
West Aviation as a line tech
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while pursuing his dream and passion of becoming a wildland
firefighter. On December 2nd
2012 Seans grandfather Herbert Chester McElwee passed away,
which left a huge impact and
determination on Sean to make sure his dream of being a
firefighter came true. On January 1st
2013 Sean found out he was going to be a father for the first
time. He couldnt have been more
excited and thrilled to be able to be able to teach his
soon-to-be son or daughter to playfootball and baseball. On April
8
th2013, Seans 26
thbirthday, he found out that he was going to
be having a son. On April 9th
he started his first day with the Granite Mountain Hotshots.
He
was thrilled to start this new chapter in his life. The night
before Sean lost his life he lay next to
his son and spoke to him just so that his son could hear his
voice, for the fear that his son would
not know him, due to being out on fires. Sean spoke highly of
all his crew members, saying he
trusted every single one of them to have his back even after
only knowing them for a short
period of time.
Sean was a devoted husband, father to be, son, brother,
grandson, nephew, cousin and friend.
Anyone who knew him could count on him to be supportive and
helpful in any situation. Seans
smile could light up a room. He became instant friends with the
people he would meet.
Sean Michael Misner will be missed more than anything, but we
know our angel in heaven will
be watching over his family with his grandpa Smokey. We love you
so much!!
