Broderick Allen Stadden

Broderick was born on April 8, 1989, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Duane and Myong Yon Stadden. His childhood included time in Misawa, Japan, and Fort Meade, Maryland, before his family returned to Hawaii. He grew up in Mililani, attending Mililani Waena Elementary School, Mililani Middle School, and Mililani High School, where he graduated in 2007. He later graduated from Leeward Community College in 2018 and moved to the Seattle area. No matter where life took him, Broderick always considered Hawaii home.

Broderick built a successful career as a software developer, working for Anthology, XCENTIUM, VIZIO, and Amazon’s Woot! He was particularly proud of becoming a senior software developer without following the traditional four-year college path. It was an accomplishment that reflected his intelligence, determination, curiosity, and willingness to set ambitious goals for himself.

His intelligence was often one of the first things people noticed about him, but it was his kindness, loyalty, generosity, welcoming smile, and positive spirit that they remembered. Broderick genuinely cared about helping other people find their direction in life. He encouraged friends to pursue their goals, offered guidance without judgment, and reminded people that it was never too late to try something new.

He rarely asked anything of others, but he would always show up when someone needed him. He cared deeply about the well-being of the people he loved and had a way of making them feel encouraged, understood, and at home.

Broderick was also the person who brought his family together. He enjoyed planning outings, trips, and shared experiences and often took responsibility for coordinating all the details. He organized a family trip to Disneyland for his nephew Jack's birthday, creating a special memory for the entire family. After receiving his first software developer job, Broderick took his mother and father to England and France. It was both a celebration of what he had accomplished and a generous way of sharing that success with them.

These trips reflected how Broderick expressed love: by creating opportunities for the people around him to experience something new, enjoy life, and make lasting memories together.

Broderick lived with curiosity and a powerful sense of adventure. He was a licensed private pilot and an amateur radio operator, call sign KK7LWN. He enjoyed flying airplanes, riding his motorcycle, hiking, climbing, fishing, paddleboarding, working out, traveling, exploring the outdoors, and using his racing simulator. He had more hobbies and interests than those close to him could easily keep up with, and he was always willing to try something new.

His curiosity extended well beyond outdoor adventures and technology. Broderick took singing lessons for a time, and his teacher believed his voice showed enough promise that he should consider opera. He also completed several improvisational theater classes to strengthen his interviewing and public-speaking skills and discovered that he genuinely enjoyed performing and thinking on his feet.

Wanting to communicate more closely with his mother and learn more about her heritage, Broderick took private Korean-language lessons and explored Korean culture. These pursuits reflected his belief that it was never too late to learn something new, improve himself, or form a deeper connection with the people he loved.

Friends remember paddleboarding to a brewery, road trips around the Olympic Peninsula, watching memorable Seattle Sounders matches, and riding an ATV through the desert outside Las Vegas. Broderick and his friends could also laugh at themselves. He and a climbing friend joked that neither of them ever seemed to get much better and that they were perfectly content being “kind of mid” at climbing.

Broderick loved absurd comments, inside jokes, and the kind of humor that grew between people who knew each other well. When he was nervous, his lip would sometimes shake. His raised eyebrows, smile, laugh, and playful personality became familiar expressions of the person his family and friends loved.

At home, Broderick might start the day by blasting emo music and singing while he cooked breakfast. He especially enjoyed Dashboard Confessional and Coheed and Cambria, along with bad independent horror movies, good television shows, and collecting Pop Mart figurines. A simple evening with Nakita might include 7-Eleven taquitos and Slurpees followed by a movie together.

Nakita remembers one trip to the mall when Broderick played his emo music loudly and sang to the cars and people along the street, with Dum Dums lollipops tucked into his ear gauges. Once inside, strangers complimented him. He was happy because he was free to be completely himself, and she was happy to see the fun, goofy, genuine person she loved.

Broderick was devoted to his cat, Miso, whom he loved more than almost anything. Miso was his companion and best friend and helped him through difficult times. Whether he was playing with Miso, riding his motorcycle, sharing snacks, working around the house, or spending time with the people closest to him, Broderick found meaning in both great adventures and ordinary days.

He also gave his time and talents to others. Broderick volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound and was a proud volunteer and supporter of Pacific Science Center. Mentoring came naturally to him, whether through an organization, his career, or his friendships. He wanted others to discover what they were capable of and encouraged them to pursue it.

In recent years, Broderick was also searching more deeply for faith. He had been reading the Bible, and the Lord’s Prayer displayed in his kitchen reflected that search and the questions he was exploring.

Broderick is deeply missed by his girlfriend, Nakita Figueroa; his parents, Duane and Myong Yon Stadden; his brother, Benjamin, and sister-in-law, Tristina; his nephew, Jack; his beloved cat, Miso; and the many friends, coworkers, and others whose lives were better because he was part of them.

Broderick was someone who truly lived. During the last twelve years of his life, he filled his time with more learning, adventure, generosity, friendship, love, and accomplishment than many people experience over a much longer lifetime. He never gave up, and he never stopped being himself.

He will be remembered for his intelligence, his bravery, his generous spirit, his welcoming smile and raised eyebrows, his laughter, his sense of adventure, and his gift for making everything feel more like home simply by being there.

A public celebration of Broderick’s life will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Sunset Hills Funeral Home, 1575 145th Place SE, Bellevue, Washington. Casual attire is welcome, and a reception will follow.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Pacific Science Center in memory of Broderick Allen Stadden. Online donations may be made at pacsci.org/donate. Donors should select the option indicating that the gift is being made in memory of someone and enter Broderick’s full name.

Memorial gifts may also be mailed by check. Please include “In memory of Broderick Allen Stadden” on the memo line or in an enclosed note and mail the donation to:

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