Louis Burzycki passed away peacefully on Dec. 26, 2016, in his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington, at the age of 90. Born in Connecticut to immigrant Polish parents, he served in the Navy 1945-47 and then earned a B.S in engineering at the University of Connecticut and took a job in his brother’s electronics company in New York.He married his sister’s best friend, Inge Wedekind, in 1952; two years later they moved to Burbank, California, where he established ACDC Electronics. In 1969, he moved the growing company to Oceanside, California, and the family, now with five children, settled in neighboring Carlsbad. Besides running a successful business, Lou became very involved in the community, especially through the Rotary Club, and also pursued his passion for sailing. After nine years, he sold the company and retired with Inge and the three youngest children to Bainbridge Island, which appealed to him both for its beauty and for its sailing opportunities. The family lost Inge to cancer in 1993, but Lou carried on, continuing his involvement in travel, vintage automobiles and motorcycles, the opera and local arts, gardening, and his children and grandchildren.

His friends and family will always remember his intelligence and practical wisdom, his do-it-yourself approach, his love of language, and his sense of humor. The community may remember him for his old-fashioned courtesy, his generosity toward the arts and environmental organizations, and the beautiful dahlia garden that graced his front yard for many summers.

He was preceded in death by his wife Inge and his son Ted Burzycki, and is survived by his daughters Wanda Burzycki and Yolanda Fletcher and his sons Zig Burzycki and Victor Burzycki. At the family’s request, no formal services are scheduled.