Myer Louis Browdy of Carpinteria passed away peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 10, 2025 feeling the love, comfort and warmth from his family, friends and neighbors.

Born Dec. 19, 1940 in Washington, D.C., to Myer and Mary Ellen Stefanini Browdy, Lou lived a life defined by love of family, resolute faith, dedicated work ethic, strong connection to his Carpinteria community, and unpretentious service to others.

Lou grew up on Margaret Drive in Silver Spring, Maryland, in a neighborhood of young families. He and his sister developed strong friendships with the other kids on the block, raised funds for local charities, and attended church with those families.

It was in this suburb of Washington, D.C., where Lou became a devoted fan of the Washington Redskins, the team’s name at the time. He joined his father in volunteering for the band, attending numerous games to assist with uniforms, equipment and transportation (and to watch the actual game).

While a student at the local schools, Lou joined the Boy Scouts of America and worked as a Good Humor Ice Cream man during his summer breaks. After graduating from Montgomery Blair High School in 1959, he matriculated into Juniata College in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains.

It was at Juniata where he met Karen Scott. He made quite an impression on her after delivering his senior class president campaign speech, without notes, in a Yogi Bear costume.

Lou developed a number of strong friendships at Juniata. David Oliver and Bob Hueglin joined Lou to become class agents for decades. The bond among these gentlemen, known as The Three Amigos,  inspired their classmates’ alliances to Juniata College and fostered many meaningful class reunions. Both Lou and Karen graduated from Juniata in 1963 and married a year later.

Lou’s career after college was a food service manager for a variety of locations on the East Coast. Beginning in October 1963, Lou served his country as a cook in the Army Reserves stationed at Fort Knox. He was an honor graduate of The Cooks and Bakers School there.

When there was an opportunity to transfer to a Saga Food Service office in Northern California, as an internal auditor for the company, he took it and moved his young family to San Jose. Lou was then recruited by the national restaurant chain, then known as Sambo’s, and brought his family of four to Carpinteria in 1976.

Lou lived in Carpinteria for more than 49 years. His strong ties to the “world’s safest beach” community were reflected in his commitment to the local Boy Scout Troops 139 and 50, the Carpinteria Boy Scout Christmas Tree Lots, Carpinteria Avocado Festival, Kiwanis Club of Carpinteria Valley, and Carpinteria High School athletics.

Countless hours were generously given in supporting these organizations, their programs and, most importantly, their people.
 
After leaving Sambo’s, Lou began his 35 year-long career with UC Santa Barbara. He led by example within the Accounting and Financial Services Department. He was known for his focused work, engaging and humorous computer training sessions, dedication to his team, and adventurous culinary dishes for the office potlucks.
 
The underpinning of Lou’s life was his faith in God and devotion to El Montecito Presbyterian Church. He served his church and its congregation as a part of their audio/visual team, recording weekly services and preparing their distribution.

In his later years, as his cognitive decline continued, you would still find him at Sunday service with the AV team, quietly “helping” as he had done for the past 40 years.

Lou will be remembered for his understated generosity, unexpected goofiness, dry humor, and huge portions when dishing out his cooking at family or community events.

He is survived by his wife Karen; children Kara (David) and Loren (Jacqueline); sister Stephanie Williams; nephews David WIlliams (Kim) and Eric Scott (Carrie); and niece Stacie Klavon.

He was preceded in death by his nephews Billy Williams and Ryan Scott; brothers-in-law Bill Williams and S. David Scott; and sister-in-law Elaine Scott.

A memorial service for Lou will be held in Carpinteria in the spring. In “Lou” of flowers, the family welcomes donations to the Carpinteria High School Booster Club and The Juniata Scholarship Fund.

The Browdys sincerely invite anyone interested in raising awareness toward Frontotemporal Degeneration to visit www.theaftd.org in Lou’s memory.

If you would like to share your remembrance(s) of Lou, please send a story or memory of him to his family at LouBrowdy@gmail.com.