Louis John Berrodin Jr., known as "Big Louie" or "Big Lou" was many things. Husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend. He loved to fish, he loved music, he loved cars. He loved being behind a camera, taking pictures and shooting home video of his family and friends. He was one of those larger-than-life people whose eccentricities made him more lovable.
His life's work was selling fun. He was the burly, bearded owner and host of a fun house called The Bucket Shop, an Akron, Ohio landmark he inherited from his parents, Louis and Kathryn Berrodin. He took over the bar in the summer of 1962 after turning 21. Over the years, he did the impossible. He made everyone feel welcome. He was a barkeep for the working man and a dance deejay for the college crowd. He befriended doctors, lawyers, nurses, policemen, shopkeepers and factory workers. He made the tiny place seem a lot bigger. A neighborhood gathering spot that held the promise of friendship and adventure. It won't be the same without him sitting there on his stool behind the bar in his Hawaiian shirt and sweat pants, smiling, laughing and orchestrating the camradery.
From Louie's family : "We may have lost you, but we will never lose the memory of you. The movies you made, with your big booming voice in the background. The summer concerts at Blossom music center. The parties you threw at your home in Bath Township. The unmistakable way you said good-bye. Most of all, we'll remember that you loved life and that your heart was as big as the burly, bearded giant who carried it."
Louie died after a long illness.
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FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:
1960
The Bucket Shop, (L.J. Berrodin), 816 W. Market St.
1969
Louis J. Berrodin, (Ann), manager - Bucket Shop, home - (Private).
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His life's work was selling fun. He was the burly, bearded owner and host of a fun house called The Bucket Shop, an Akron, Ohio landmark he inherited from his parents, Louis and Kathryn Berrodin. He took over the bar in the summer of 1962 after turning 21. Over the years, he did the impossible. He made everyone feel welcome. He was a barkeep for the working man and a dance deejay for the college crowd. He befriended doctors, lawyers, nurses, policemen, shopkeepers and factory workers. He made the tiny place seem a lot bigger. A neighborhood gathering spot that held the promise of friendship and adventure. It won't be the same without him sitting there on his stool behind the bar in his Hawaiian shirt and sweat pants, smiling, laughing and orchestrating the camradery.
From Louie's family : "We may have lost you, but we will never lose the memory of you. The movies you made, with your big booming voice in the background. The summer concerts at Blossom music center. The parties you threw at your home in Bath Township. The unmistakable way you said good-bye. Most of all, we'll remember that you loved life and that your heart was as big as the burly, bearded giant who carried it."
Louie died after a long illness.
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FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:
1960
The Bucket Shop, (L.J. Berrodin), 816 W. Market St.
1969
Louis J. Berrodin, (Ann), manager - Bucket Shop, home - (Private).
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Louis John Berrodin Jr., known as "Big Louie" or "Big Lou" was many things. Husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend. He loved to fish, he loved music, he loved cars. He loved being behind a camera, taking pictures and shooting home video of his family and friends. He was one of those larger-than-life people whose eccentricities made him more lovable.
His life's work was selling fun. He was the burly, bearded owner and host of a fun house called The Bucket Shop, an Akron, Ohio landmark he inherited from his parents, Louis and Kathryn Berrodin. He took over the bar in the summer of 1962 after turning 21. Over the years, he did the impossible. He made everyone feel welcome. He was a barkeep for the working man and a dance deejay for the college crowd. He befriended doctors, lawyers, nurses, policemen, shopkeepers and factory workers. He made the tiny place seem a lot bigger. A neighborhood gathering spot that held the promise of friendship and adventure. It won't be the same without him sitting there on his stool behind the bar in his Hawaiian shirt and sweat pants, smiling, laughing and orchestrating the camradery.
From Louie's family : "We may have lost you, but we will never lose the memory of you. The movies you made, with your big booming voice in the background. The summer concerts at Blossom music center. The parties you threw at your home in Bath Township. The unmistakable way you said good-bye. Most of all, we'll remember that you loved life and that your heart was as big as the burly, bearded giant who carried it."
Louie died after a long illness.
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FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:
1960
The Bucket Shop, (L.J. Berrodin), 816 W. Market St.
1969
Louis J. Berrodin, (Ann), manager - Bucket Shop, home - (Private).
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His life's work was selling fun. He was the burly, bearded owner and host of a fun house called The Bucket Shop, an Akron, Ohio landmark he inherited from his parents, Louis and Kathryn Berrodin. He took over the bar in the summer of 1962 after turning 21. Over the years, he did the impossible. He made everyone feel welcome. He was a barkeep for the working man and a dance deejay for the college crowd. He befriended doctors, lawyers, nurses, policemen, shopkeepers and factory workers. He made the tiny place seem a lot bigger. A neighborhood gathering spot that held the promise of friendship and adventure. It won't be the same without him sitting there on his stool behind the bar in his Hawaiian shirt and sweat pants, smiling, laughing and orchestrating the camradery.
From Louie's family : "We may have lost you, but we will never lose the memory of you. The movies you made, with your big booming voice in the background. The summer concerts at Blossom music center. The parties you threw at your home in Bath Township. The unmistakable way you said good-bye. Most of all, we'll remember that you loved life and that your heart was as big as the burly, bearded giant who carried it."
Louie died after a long illness.
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FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:
1960
The Bucket Shop, (L.J. Berrodin), 816 W. Market St.
1969
Louis J. Berrodin, (Ann), manager - Bucket Shop, home - (Private).
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Inscription
Owner of "The Bucketshop". The inscription read: Their greatest joy was in making others happy." Louis married his wife Anne on Jan. 14, 1967.
Gravesite Details
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