Mary Hoffmann was grandmother to both boys. They just wanted the house and the dog,” McKee said. Robert was newly married, and Grant was engaged.
“Both of these boys were only interested in having a family life. He had just gotten married in November, and had a 5-year-old stepson. “Robert was a gentle giant-he was man of few words,” said his aunt, Laurie McKee. His cousin, Grant McKee, also was one of the Hotshots killed June 30. It was Caldwell’s intelligence and know-how that got him appointed as a squad boss.
It was just natural for him,” Madrid said. “He was one of the smart guys in the crew who could get the weather, figure out the mathematics. He had a good sense of humor,” said Chase Madrid, who worked as a Hotshot for two years, but sat this year out. You gotta be very physically fit, and you gotta like it, gotta like the hard work.”Īshcraft, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was honored to be a member of the Hotshot crew, and “he just had a really sweet spirit about him,” Prescott resident Elise Smith told The Deseret News of Salt Lake City.Īshcraft left behind a wife, Juliann, and four children, the newspaper reported.įriends characterized Robert Caldwell, 23, as the smart man in the bunch. You could pretty much see, from young freshman all the way, he was going to be physically active.”īeneitone said athletic prowess was a must for the Hotshots.
“He had some athletic ability in him, and he was a go-getter, too. Prescott High School physical education teacher and coach Lou Beneitone taught many of the Hotshots, and remembered Andrew Ashcraft, 29, as a fitness-oriented student. Fourteen of the victims were in their 20s. PRESCOTT, Ariz.-Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, based in Prescott, were killed last week when a windblown wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix.
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