Sean Thomas McGrath

Sean Thomas McGrath obituary, Crystal, MN

Sean Thomas McGrath

Sean McGrath Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapels - Glen Haven Chapel on Jan. 27, 2026.
Sean Thomas McGrath age 35 of Crystal passed into eternity to be with Jesus on January 21st, 2026.

Sean was a loving, kind, and faithful husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. He will be deeply missed by those who were blessed to know him.

Sean was born on October 16th, 1990 to Mark and Nancy (Hahn) McGrath. He attended Robbinsdale Armstrong High School where he met his future bride Lauren McGrath (Bennett).

After graduating from Armstrong in 2009 he went on to Hennepin Technical College to pursue a degree in the culinary arts.

In 2015 he married Lauren and the two spend 10 wonderful years together welcoming their daughter Frances Rose in 2019 and their son Oliver Thomas in 2022.

Sean is survived by his wife Lauren, daughter Frances, son Oliver, parents Mark and Nancy, brother Nick (Megan), brother Patrick, sister Annie (Sean), brother Quinn as well as dear nephews and niece, uncles, aunts, and cousins, and his Bennett family.

Sean is preceded in death by his grandparents Ed and Helen McGrath and Jim and Rose Hahn.

Sean's Celebration of Life will be held at Plymouth Covenant Church 4300 Vicksburg Lane N, Plymouth, MN 55446 on Saturday January 31st at 11 a.m. with a visitation one hour before.

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