Sean F. Lee, 78, passed away on April 1, 2019. Sean emigrated to New York in July 1958. In 1959 he joined the United States Marines, where he served both active duty and reserves until 1965. Sean's background in retail and consumer goods began at Montgomery Ward in New York in 1963 where he started as a management trainee and progressed through positions as store manager, East Coast Regional Merchandise Manager, Los Angeles Merchandise Manager, and served on the Chairman's Task Force at the corporate headquarters in Chicago. While working for Montgomery Ward, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. On leaving Wards in 1980, he joined WR Grace in Los Angeles, California, as Vice President Merchandise Manager and subsequently served as President of the six separate companies that operated retail center concepts. In 1988 he became President and CEO of Home Base, a multi-billion-dollar national home improvement retailer. Sean served as Board Emeritus on the Irish Cultural and Learning Foundation Board, was a Co-founder of the Irish Cultural Center in downtown Phoenix, and participated as the founding President of ERIN (Executive Resources Irish Networking), which is now known as Irish Networking Phoenix. He was one of the cultural center's 2016 Anam Cara (Soul Friend) Award Recipients and proudly holds that title along with the late Senator John McCain and retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor. Sean will be missed by his wife Janet, two children, two grandchildren and two siblings. One of Sean’s children, Dr. Janet Carleton, is a professor at Glendale Community College and a faculty associate with ASU, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication at the Polytechnic Campus. Sean's funeral will be Friday, May 17, 2019 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Glendale, 11:00am. Lunch and sharing of memories will follow in the church hall. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the St. Joseph the Worker (Click on green "Donate Today" button, choose "One Time" and enter at bottom "In Memory of Sean F. Lee).