DANE EUGENE SEBASTIAN, age 61 of Viets St, New London passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the West Haven Veterans Hospital.
Dane was born in New London on June 3, 1953 the son of Benjamin H. and Theresa Sebastian. He was married to his long life friend, Roberta Pender who passed away in 1994.
A lifelong resident of New London, Dane graduated from New London High School in 1972 and attended college on a full scholarship for football until he sustained a knee injury. He was inducted into the New London Football Hall of Fame in 1987. He also had been a drummer for the Surfers Drum and Bugle Corps. He loved to cook and play the piano and was loved by everyone.
Dane was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps in 1975 and became a firefighter for the City of New London until his retirement.
He leaves to mourn, two brothers, Benjamin Sebastian and wife Betty of New London and William Sebastian and wife Annmarie of Groton, a sister Dana Davis and husband Jerome of Cleveland, OH, his daughter Nikki Pender Dulin and her husband Tim and their daughter Sydney Dulin of Myrtle Beach, SC, his nieces and nephews, Brian Sebastian of CA, Yvonne Sebastian of GA, Craig Sebastian of West Haven, and Leon Jr. and Shauntae Robinson both of Cleveland and a step grandson, Collin Dulin of Myrtle Beach. Besides his wife and parents he was predeceased by a sister, Yvonne Sebastian.
A funeral service will be held on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at St. James Episcopal Church, 76 Federal St, New London. Private interment will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday from 3 until 6 o'clock at the Byles Memorial Home, 99 Huntington St. Donations in his memory may be directed to the New London Firefighters Local 1522, PO Box 966, New London, CT 06320.
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God took him to his loving home.
God saw him getting tired, a cure was not to be. He wrapped him in his loving arms and whispered "come with me". He suffered much in silence his spirit did not bend. He faces his pain with courage, until the very end. He tried so hard to stay with us, but his fight was not in vain. God took him to his loving home and freed him from the pain. From the Sebastian family, Thank you. He tried hard to stay.
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