{"id":168837,"date":"2026-03-20T01:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168837\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T01:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:26:33","slug":"visitation-set-for-operations-pastor-35-killed-in-fall-at-kankakee-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168837\/","title":{"rendered":"Visitation Set For Operations Pastor, 35, Killed In Fall At Kankakee Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean Curbow, 35, fell Wednesday as he was inspecting the sanctuary at Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene for damage following last week’s storm. <\/p>\n

Curbow was on a man lift that tipped over, Kankakee Fire Chief Bryan LaRoche said, sending him plummeting 35 feet into the pews below. <\/p>\n

In his obituary, family detailed that Curbow had been born in Valparaiso, Indiana, to parents David Curbow & Dawn (Cardenas) Smith. He married his wife, Gabrielle Guebert, in July 2013, at the same church where the accident occurred. <\/p>\n

Curbow enjoyed disc golf, construction work, soccer, riding his bike, and collecting Spiderman memorabilia, his obituary reads. He loved his dogs, Kylo & Robin. <\/p>\n

Curbow also “loved being a part of the church youth groups, where he went on many mission trips and conferences. <\/p>\n

“Most of all, Sean cherished spending time with his wife and family,” the obituary reads. <\/p>\n

Curbow is survived by his wife, parents, sister Tara (Patrick) Enocksen of Valparaiso; two brothers, Eric Curbow and Seth Curbow, both of Valparaiso; two nieces, Jayden Enocksen and Jocelyn Enocksen; one nephew, Jaxson Enocksen, and more family listed in his obituary<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on Monday, March 23, at Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene, 1000 N. Entrance Ave.<\/p>\n

An additional visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the 11 a.m. funeral service on Tuesday, March 24, also at the church. <\/p>\n

Cremation rites will be accorded following the service.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene Youth Group or to the family wishes, the obituary reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Curbow, 35, fell Wednesday as he was inspecting the sanctuary at Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-168837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}