Ernest Lou

Ernest (Ernie) H. Lou was born in Seattle, Washington on August 12, 1959 to Wing H. Lou and Sue Lou. Ernie attended public schools in Seattle including Van Asselt Elementary, Asa Mercer Jr High and Cleveland High School. Ernie then went onto to double major in Business and Communications at the University of Washington. He began work at Anderson Consulting (now known as Accenture), Digital Equipment, Microsoft and Amazon. He shifted his career from for profit to non profit and worked at Childhaven and Seattle University. Ernie had many friends in the LGBTQ community, his condo association and the Gay Basketball Association, formerly called Jet City Hoops . He is survived by his father, Wing H. Lou, his stepmother, Amy Tse, his sister, Donna Lou, his brother-n-law, Peter Bladin and two nieces, Julia Bladin and Mia Bladin.

If you’d like to honor Ernie’s memory in another way, please feel free to make a donation to one of Ernie’s favorite causes:

Lambda Legal

Pride Foundation

ACLU of Washington

The Trevor Project

Asian Counseling & Referral Service (ACRS)

Seattle Asian American Film Festival

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Arrangements Entrusted to Emmick Family Funeral Home ~ Lake View