Brian “Puddy” Patrick Sheehan

Brian “Puddy” Patrick Sheehan died March 23, 2021 peacefully at Casey House in Maryland. He was born on May 28, 1939 to the late Edwin and Charline Sheehan in Washington, D.C. He is survived by his brother Michael Sheehan and sister Patricia Heister; wife Lana Cloud Sheehan, first wife Denise Folliard, his children Brian Sheehan (Lisa) of Bethesda, MD., Dennis Sheehan (Laura) of Bethesda, MD., Colleen Sheehan of Annapolis, MD., and Moira Sheehan Hayward (Robbie) of Vienna, VA; and grandchildren Julia, Jack, Nicolas, Garrett, Erika, Ryan, Kennedy, Bridget, Grant, Ashton and Chase.

Brian grew up in Silver Spring and attended St. Michaels Catholic School. He finished 2nd in his class, was an all-Met guard, and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame for basketball at St. John’s College High School and graduated in 1957. After high school Brian received an athletic scholarship to play basketball at Georgetown University. He had an immediate impact to the program and averaged 20 points a game his freshman year. As a sophomore, Brian set a Georgetown record by scoring 30 points in his debut game. He ended the season averaging 18.4 points a game, breaking a single season record for average that stood for 41 years. Sheehan's contributions touched all areas of play; leading scorer and playmaker, his leadership and floor mastery. Brian collected a third straight scoring title in 1961 scoring 28 against Boston College. He remained the leading scorer in 1959, 1960, and 1961. Brian graduated from Georgetown University in 1961 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975. Brian is ranked 38th out of the top 100 basketball players in Georgetown history.

After graduating from college Brian went onto proudly serve as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1961-1965. He continued his basketball career by playing on the Quantico basketball team. While on the team Brian continued to be a lead scorer and led the team to many league titles.

Brian’s career path centered on sales, first at Xerox and IBM and later in residential real estate before settling into commercial real estate. He started his career at Kettler Brothers and in 1970 he co-founded the firm Wolf, Matan & Sheehan. After, Brian went on to work at several commercial real estate companies.

Brian was a perfect gentleman and found great enjoyment in the little things in life. His honesty, loyalty and sense of humor made him a friend to many. He loved all sports; especially golf, tennis and the Hoyas. Everyone who knew him would say he was an amazing person, humble, kind, good natured and had the best laugh. Brian made friends with everyone and everyone loved him immediately. He was the best storyteller and would captivate everyone with all of his hilarious stories of growing up and of raising his four children. Of course, his boys provided him with the best stories. In his retirement, he enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren. A favorite pastime of his was to sit in each of our kitchens and talk for hours, along with watching his grandchildren play sports. Brian took every opportunity to be with his family, which was his greatest accomplishment. In the end, he would not want anyone making a big deal about him, rather he would want everyone to tell his famous stories over and over again. He will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends. A life well lived.

A Funeral Mass will take place April 30th at St. Bartholomew Church, Bethesda, MD 20817. Visitors to the family will be received at 10:00AM and service at 11:00AM. You may leave messages at DeVol Funeral Home Tribute Wall Link Above.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Montgomery Hospice, Casey House.