Joseph Otto Broussard III.

1938 - 2020

Joseph Otto Broussard, III, came into this world on 3 January 1938, in Abbeville, LA, and very peacefully left it at 6:00 am on 12 May 2020, at his home in New Orleans, surrounded by his loved ones. He was a highly respected architect, but he would say that his biggest accomplishment was his 60-year marriage to his college sweetheart, Sidney Prejean Broussard. Joe was a man of many smiles and few words-and universally admired for it. The architectural writer, Robert Sullivan, could've been describing Joe with his words: "Good architecture is like a good therapy session, a good marriage, a good poem-gently and almost invisibly allowing you to be you, as flawed and as beautiful as you are." That was Joe, the architect of a beautiful life. To know him was to experience unconditional acceptance. A rare quality, a rare man. His oldest son, Kent Joseph Broussard, raced him to the finish line on 9 Mar 2019, but Joe will be deeply missed by his amazing wife, Sidney P. Broussard; his daughter, Kelly Broussard; his son, John Russ Broussard; his daughter-in-law, Susan Cowsill Broussard; his honorary daughter, Julie Egren; his favorite compadre and grandson, Nicolas Joseph Broussard; his granddaughter, Miranda Victoria Cowsill Holsapple; his siblings, Kennon Broussard, Marianna Gresham, and Beverly Wilson; his sister-in-law, Jennette Moore; their beautiful families, and many, many friends that are regarded as family. We will have a private memorial for Joe at home, but Happy Hour will continue to be held daily around 6p for as long as possible-or until we are committed-at Sidney's home for anyone who'd like to drop by. Bring a mask; we can socially distance on the outside deck.