Obituary: Nyberg, Gordon S.
Age 70
He was born June 2, 1945 in Spokane, WA, the son of the late Mary Elizabeth (Adams) Nyberg Imhoff and Gordon S. Nyberg.
Gordon married Ann Louise Scammell in Spokane on December 20, 1969.
Their son, Mark, was born September 20, 1984.
He attended Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane and graduated from Pioneer High School in San Jose, CA where he was involved in athletics, playing football and wrestling.
Gordon continued his education at The University of Washington; graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in History.
He also received an MBA from Gonzaga University in Spokane.
Quite often, he was seen at the Hec Edmonds pavilion and loved to run the stairs with the “Huskey Crew” team.
Gordon was a mechanic extraordinaire and was very conscious of safety.
He had a keen sense of humor, loved history and was always eager to meet new people.
Gordon was a loving husband, father and he was appreciated by all the young people in the Snohomish County community of disabled children.
His favorite place was their second home at Lakeview, Idaho on Lake Pend d’Oreille.
Gordon is survived by his wife of 45 years; his son Mark; brother, Jim and wife Linda; sisters-in-law, Molly Hurley and husband Dan, Kathy Sampson and husband Doug and Christy Scammell Hueber and husband Carl; brother-in-law, Kirk Scammell and wife Sally; aunt and uncle, Shirley and John Sprowl and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law, Rick Scammell.
A celebration of Gordon’s life will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, July 11, 2015 at Life Celebrations by Washelli, 18224 103rd Avenue NE, Bothell, WA.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Partners in Care Fund at the University of Washington (www.uwmedicine.org) or Seattle Children’s Hospital (www.seattlechildrens.org) or The Northshore Wranglers Program (www.northshorewranglers.org).
A special thank you to the Hospice staff and the 8th floor Oncology Department at Swedish Medical Center, Edmonds.