Sean C. Fritsch

Sean Christian Fritsch's life ended unexpectedly at his home in Manchester, Connecticut on May 12, 2025. Sean was born in Manchester on May 29, 1992 to Tracy and David Fritsch. His sister, Emily, completed the family three years later. While Sean called Manchester "home" for most of his far too short life, he was hardly a homebody and lived his years fully. After attending St. Bridget School, he continued to East Catholic High School and was a member of the class of 2010. Sean went on to earn a BS in Economics from the University of Connecticut and eventually ran his own business, New England Outfitters. But Sean was more than a man of academics and business, his interests were vast and varied. In his school years, he played soccer and ran cross-country and track. Even as a child himself, he was gentle and patient when helping younger friends learn to ride bikes, kayak, and skim board. With playfulness as a cornerstone of his personality, he enjoyed a variety of games both physical and sedentary from foosball to board games, video games to pub trivia and escape rooms. He was the instigator of long-running, strategic nerf gun battles with his sister and her husband, Ryan, and often astonished family and friends by leading them on epic geocache hunting expeditions. (Had he known his story was going to be condensed into a few paragraphs, he most likely would have formed a scavenger hunt to celebrate that life instead.) Sean was determined and creative in all endeavors. He never encountered a subject that wasn't worthy of a deep dive to learn more, and when he was into anything, he was all in. The guy would research the hell out of vacation destinations, learning the history and the most interesting activities to make his many global and domestic travels even more rewarding. Although his adventures took him to places like Greece, Iceland, a multi-country European grand tour, and as many theme-parks as his time would allow, his favorite place of all was Martha's Vineyard where he spent years of vacations with his family, and worked and lived for a time on his own. There, Sean inherited the responsibility of family lobster boil master from his grandfather, and he could easily spend full days happily fishing and photographing everything in his path. Sean was a living paradox: silly but serious; responsible yet playful; reserved yet brave; introverted yet a showman; thoughtful yet spontaneous. He leaves behind his parents, Tracy and David Fritsch, sister and brother-in-law, Emily Fritsch and Ryan Carignan, aunts and uncles, Tricia and Paul Ginter, and Susan and Brian Vollenweider, more-family-than-friends, the O'Connors, an assortment of extended family, and a long list of friends. All of us will forever cherish the memory and spirit of Sean's curious and passionate nature. In lieu of a formal service, a private gathering was held in his honor. Please feel free to make donation in Sean's honor to The Vineyard Conservation Society ( https://vineyardconservation.org ) or the Trustees (http://thetrustees.org/content/memorial-giving )