Nick Seaman

Tony O'Brien forwards this sad news from Ken and Mary Seaman in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA:

Friends,

We lost our dear son Nick early this morning [Tuesday 11 January]. He put up a grand fight against terrible odds. Funeral arrangements will be handled by Bohlender here in Fort Collins. There will be a memorial service for him later in the week, time and place not yet finalized. We will never forget all your support, prayers and kindness. This helped sustain Nick, Erin, Stella and our families for almost two years.

Fans of the Bluegrass Patriots will recall that Ken - the Patriots' banjo-player and a major figure of the bluegrass scene in Colorado and his native Missouri - was unable to visit Ireland with the band in 2009 owing to his son's illness.

An obituary of Nicholas Benjamin Seaman from yesterday's issue of The Coloradoan can be read here. Our sympathies go out to Ken and Mary and their family.