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| Name |
Sean Heitman |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I28141 |
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| Last Modified |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Father |
Bruce David Heitman, b. 1937, New Haven, Connecticut, USA  , d. 24 Apr 2016, Orwell, New York, USA (Age 79 years) |
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Lee Reynolds, b. 5 Dec 1936, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 2 Aug 2013, Orwell, New York, USA (Age 76 years) |
| Married |
30 Dec 1965 |
Bondville, Vermont, USA |
| Family ID |
F13748 |
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- Tailgate wedding: 2 Syracuse football fans tie the knot in parking lot before game
Syracuse, N.Y. ? What started as a running joke between friends became reality on Saturday.
Kristine Engler and Sean Heitman donned matching Syracuse "Bride" and "Groom" jerseys and tied the knot under an orange tent in front of 75 of their closest tailgating companions.
Rev. Rick Germano officiated the ceremony in fitting uniform and led the couple through their vows after a television timeout.
Bud Light flowed. Sandwiches were eaten. Even SU athletic director Mark Coyle swung down to congratulate the diehard Orange fans.
"Somebody made a joke about us having a wedding at a tailgate," Heitman said, "and the more we talked about it, the more it made sense."
Heitman and Engler met in early 2012 when Engler, a radiation therapist, began treating Heitman's mother. They quickly hit it off and became friends. Engler, whose family has had season tickets since she was a child, invited Heitman into her tailgating group, the "Hard-Nosed Fans."
A Connecticut native, Heitman moved to Syracuse about 15 years ago and has come a long way since wearing a UConn shirt to his first SU game in the early 2000s.
About a year after he met Engler, Heitman realized how much she meant to him following a motorcycle accident.
He was coming around a turn on a back road at the back of the pack when he saw bikes and bodies piled up in the street.
"I had two choices: go down in the road or go down in the dirt," Heitman said. "I chose the dirt."
Heitman escaped the incident uninjured, and two-and-a-half years later, couldn't be more grateful for it.
"It scared me pretty good and it made me realize how much we had together," he said.
As the ceremony wrapped up Saturday morning, a scalper walked through the lot. "Tickets," he shouted. "Who's selling tickets?"
The event was everything one would expect a tailgate wedding to be. The reception begins at 12:30 p.m. in Section 332.
--Posted Sep 19, 2015
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