Obituary of Carol Rhona Parnass Browdy

February 18, 2025

Carol Rhona Parnass Browdy

Mary 7, 1950 to February 18, 2025

Carol was a beloved mother, grandmother, wife, sister and friend. She will be deeply missed by her daughter Theda Browdy, granddaughter Doran Fabrizio Browdy, grandson Andrew Fabrizio Browdy, sister Rosalie Parnass, husband Richard Browdy and countless friends. She is predeceased by her sister Debbie Parnass and son-in-law Joseph Fabrizio.

Carol was born and raised in Montreal, the middle child of Ann (nee Mechanic) and Teddy Parnass. At 18, she made her way to New York City. She worked summers in the Catskill Mountains and office jobs in the city, and while she lived in an apartment with her girlfriends, who became her friends for life, she always managed to send money home to her mother and little sister. She met her husband, Richard, in a New York City coffee shop in 1974. Within 6 months they were married and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past June. Carol and Richard eventually found their way to Miami, wanting to own a home with a backyard for the baby they were expecting. They had their daughter, Theda, in 1979.

While raising Theda, as well as working, Carol went back to school and became a registered nurse. She worked in the neurological unit at Miami Children’s Hospital (now Joe DiMaggio Hospital) and finished out her career as a Kidney Dialysis Nurse. Her favorite, and most prized job, however, was being a mother to her daughter. She was extremely devoted and everyone who knew Carol, knew that her daughter came before anything and anyone else.

Carol was so devoted to her daughter that once Theda moved to New York for college, she wasn’t far behind. Carol and Richard bought a pied-a-terre a block away from Theda’s apartment. Once Carol’s grandchildren arrived, Carol wanted to spend basically all her time in New York with them and her daughter.

On February 18, 2025, at home surrounded by her daughter, sister and husband, Carol passed away peacefully. She will forever be remembered and loved as a kind and compassionate woman.


Graveside service tomorrow at 1:30 PM. Maimonides Jewish Cemetery at 895 Jamaica Avenue; Brooklyn NY 11208.

Family will be sitting shiva at Theda’s home at 295 West 11th Street #3K; New York NY 10014.

The family will be receiving guests between 11AM and 2PM starting Friday.

If you would like to come after work, please call Theda at 917-434-7627.

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