Carol Brody

Reverend Carol Irene Brody, born April 20, 1928, died November 17, 2016. Preceded in death by her spouse of 65 years, Paul Brody.  She is survived by children Jill (Douglas Bryant), John (Kate), Jim (Kim), Jane (Chris Jay); grandchildren Maggie (Brandon) Moskal, Sam Brody, David Bryant, Matthew Bryant, Lindsie Katz, and Jeremy Katz; great-grandchildren Lucy and John Paul Moskal.

Carol was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio.  She attended Otterbein University and Methodist Theological School in Ohio.  In 1965, she began to serve as Director of Religious Education at the First Unitarian Universalist Church-Columbus.  Carol was ordained to the Unitarian Universalist Ministry of Religious Education in 1981 and became Minister of Religious Education at the church.   In 1985, she was appointed District Consultant, Ohio-Meadville District of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.  In 1999, the church honored her as Minister Emerita.

Carol was a trailblazer as a woman in ministry and was the inaugural chair of the New Women and Religion Committee for the Unitarian-Universalist Association.  She initiated sex education curriculum at the church in the 1960’s.  A staunch advocate of her flocks, she was a devoted teacher, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.  Her interests were many and eclectic and included art, dance, music, poetry, and travel.  She and Paul loved their house on the hills of Cooke Road overlooking the creek and ravine below.  Plants, wildlife and her hubcap garden brought daily delight.  Carol was a fierce supporter of civil rights and social justice and ever hopeful of seeing the first woman elected President.  Her passion and commitment to better lives for all will be missed.

A memorial service will be held on December 3, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer Road, Columbus.

Memorial contributions may be made to Planned Parenthood of Central Ohio and Clintonville Beechwold Community Resources Center.

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