Scott Bainbridge Heller

Born in Bellevue, Washington, Scott grew up with an energy that was impossible to contain and infectious to be around. He graduated from Bellevue High School in 1998 and later from the University of Washington, where he earned his degree in Environmental Science, though his real education happened everywhere else: in boardrooms and backyards, on baseball diamonds and lacrosse fields, in garages and around dinner tables filled with people he loved.

Scott had many professional lives because one would never be enough for someone with his mind and drive. He built businesses from the ground up, leading with hands-on enthusiasm that inspired people to want to follow him. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Sales at Astound, where his leadership, loyalty, and belief in others left a lasting mark.

But his résumé never captured who Scott really was.

The real story lived in the derby race tracks he engineered with his boys, the cars he worked on, the racecar jumps he built, the Cub Scout troop he led with wholehearted commitment. On the T-ball fields, basketball courts, and lacrosse sidelines, he coached kids not just in sports, but in showing up, trying hard, and being part of something together.

Scott was a builder in every sense. He could craft almost anything with his hands, but what he built with his presence was even more extraordinary: a community, a home that was always open, always warm, and full of magic.

More than anything, Scott built a life centered on the people he loved.

His greatest joy was his family. His wife, Lourna. His sons, Cohen, Knox, and Atlas, were the axis around which his whole world turned. He would drop anything for time with his boys. Not just for the big moments, but for the ordinary ones: getting his hands dirty, building something together, making them laugh, being their dad in the fullest and most present way.

Playful and generous, Scott approached life with wonder and a kid-at-heart spirit that never faded. He laughed easily, loved fiercely, and gave freely - his time, his skills, his presence, and his heart. More than anything, he would want to pass on what he lived: a love for life, for God, and for the people he loved.

Scott is survived by his wife Lourna Jean Heller; his sons Cohen Bainbridge Heller, Knox Saint Thomas Heller, and Atlas Saint John Heller; his mother Patricia Ellis (Joe); his father Stephen Heller (Elaine); and his sister Kristine (Andreas) Brockmann. And by countless others he considered family, because Scott had a gift for making people feel exactly that.

He left this world at 47 – far too soon - but he lived more in those 47 years than most people manage in a lifetime. The world is quieter without him, yet his imprint remains, carried forward by everyone who loved him.

A celebration of Scott's life will be held on Saturday, November 14th at 11:00 am at the Seattle Yacht Club.