Sean Patrick Young, 62, of Acushnet, passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital, the day after his birthday, on September 6, 2024 after a tragic accident. He was surrounded by his loving family and heroic hospital staff as he drew his last breath.
A humble, kind, self-reliant, devout, and eccentric man, Sean truly stepped to the beat of his own drummer, “however measured or far away.” Born in New Bedford, Sean spent his childhood exploring in Marion, Massachusetts and graduated from Bishop Stang High School, where he ran track. He was truly a South Coast native, hunting, fishing, walking, and tilling the land around Buzzards Bay. Widely read and self-educated, Sean earned an Associate’s degree in history and could talk at length on European and Native American history, religion, current events, and the environment. Though he truly was a homebody, he was fortunate enough to have traveled a couple of times in his life, once with a Christian Brother to Guatemala and another to a remote Indian reservation in British Columbia to hunt moose.
Despite his individualism, Sean was a stickler for the rules, hunting and fishing sustainably, riding his motorcycle cautiously with bright colors or reflective vests, and remaining orthodox in his Christian beliefs. Recently, Sean had entered remission after courageously battling multiple myeloma for the past four years.
Moreover, Sean had an immense capacity to empathize with others’ suffering. In times of sickness or sorrow, Sean was the first to arrive at a family member’s bedside or front door. He never forgot a birthday, and always gave thoughtful, carefully and creatively-wrapped Christmas gifts to his family. Those who knew Sean will remember him for his kind smile and his infectious laugh that he would sometimes emit to himself at some ironic thought, while twisting a few strands of hair let loose from his ponytail.
Sean leaves behind his mother, Sharon L. Young, and her husband Donald Mayers of Marion; his father, Charles R. Young and wife Maria of Natick; his brother Andrew of Needham; his brother Charles of Franklin; his brother Christopher and wife Lisa and their children Thomas and Meghan of Fall River; his brother Michael and wife Jennifer with their children Tyler Harrison and Katherine Mary of Marion; and many cousins.
He was predeceased by his brother Joseph, and his grandparents, Sydney and Beulah Burrell, and Mary and Rene Charles Young.
His visitation will be held on Wednesday, September 11th from 4-7 PM at the Saunders-Dwyer Mattapoisett Home for Funerals, 50 County Road, Route 6, Mattapoisett. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, September 12th, at 10 AM at St. Anthony’s Church, 26 Hammond St, Mattapoisett. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to your local blood bank or the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation in memory of Sean Young at themmrf.org. For online condolence book, please visit www.saundersdwyer.com.
