Obituary of Donald Gabriel

Donald GabrielDonald Louis “Don” Gabriel of Eugene died July 24 of cancer. He was 91. A private memorial service is planned.He was born July 6, 1920, in Fort Fairfield, Maine, to Joseph and Alice Meelan Gabriel. He married Grace “Margy” Power on July 7, 1951, in San Juan Bautista.He held a bachelor of arts degree from Stanford University. He served in the Navy during World War II and was on a destroyer during D-Day. He worked at Hollister Ice & Cold Storage.Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Dee Eckhardt of Olympia, Anne Paxton of San Francisco and Mary Paxton of Hollister, Calif.; three sons, Joe of Yakima, Wash., Tony of Redwood City, Calif., and Paul of San Francisco; a brother, Ralph “Mike” of Hollister; and seven grandchildren.Arrangements by Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene.Remembrances to Assistance League of Eugene or The Shedd.