- December 4, 2025
Travis Sundell, owner of SunBros Café in Flagler Beach, died suddenly on Friday, May 2.
“It is with great sadness, we announce the sudden passing of Travis today,” the cafe posted on its Facebook page. “We will be closed while we take some personal time for the family.”
Sundell and his wife Leigh Anne moved to Flagler Beach with their sons, Abrien and Anisen, from Central Illinois and opened SunBros in 2021.
The news of Sundell’s death hit the Flagler Beach community hard. Two online fundraising pages have been set up for the family. Tracy Callahan-Hennessey has organized a GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-sunbros-cafe-family-in-loving-memory-of-travis.
“Travis Sundell, beloved husband, father, friend, and owner of SunBros Café, passed away suddenly from an aortic aneurysm. His passing has left a void that words cannot fill,” the page reads.
A GiveSendGo page: https://www.givesendgo.com/GFYP8, started by Faye Calfee, reads, “With the acceptance of the family we have started this fund to help them during this time of uncertainty, aid them in the medical and burial fees and to help them carry on Travis’s legacy of SunBros Café, which we all love.”
A Meal Train at https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/gvmwzm, has also been set up for the family.
Swillerbees Craft Donuts & Coffee in Flagler Beach was one of several businesses and individuals to express condolences on social media.
“It’s with such heavy hearts we share the heartbreaking news that our community has lost a great man,” a Swillerbees Facebook post read: “He had a lasting impact on all that knew him. From The Waffle Cone, Swillerbees and Wehde family, we are praying for his beautiful wife, Leigh Anne, his boys and his team at SunBros.”
Romero’s Tuscany By the Sea posted: “To the family and staff at SunBros Café, our deepest condolences are sent your way. We are here for anything you need. Travis was such a kind, funny friend, he will be missed tremendously.”
A post by Giovanni’s Pizza & Pasta reads: “Though Travis from Sunbros Café is no longer with us, his legacy lives on in our hearts.”
