Many people go through life wishing they had a job they loved.Pat spent his life with the passion he loved, roller skating.
He took his hobby and made it his life's work. One of the benefits he reaped was the numerous friends along the way.
Teaching champions throughtout the years, he also taught us how to be champions in life. His work ethic showed us all that
if we put our heart and soul into whatever we set out to do, we too can be a success.

Cecil was born on March 19, 1910, at home in Gresham to Frank and Hulda Gustafson. He joined Harold, Wendell, Amy, and Pearl, and was followed by Gertie, June and Lloyd.
Cecil attended Gresham Union High School, but quit school sometime before graduation to start working on the family farm delivering cedar fence posts and firewood. The family also raised various forms of produce including strawberries.
Florence Elizabeth Brown was a school teacher at Powell Valley School. Cecil met her when he bought her box lunch at a church social (he was coached by friends as to which one to bid for). He married Florence on November 26, 1936, on Thanksgiving Day in Longview, Washington. She had to quit her job, because school policy required that no married women could be employed. They began their married life on a smallfarm about a mile east of his parents’ home.
Florence and Cecil’s first son, Ronald, was born on September 30, 1942.Their second son, John, was born on July 29, 1944, and their third son, Richard, was born on February 4, 1947.
During World War II Cecil drove bus for Portland Stages. Later, he delivered bread and sweets for Marckx Bakery in Estacada. From the mid-50’s to 1973 he delivered milk for Meadowland Dairy until he retired. Then he drove bus for School Bus Services in Gresham until 1980, when he was forced to retire at age 70.
But Cecil wasn’t done working yet. He and Florence moved to Auburn,Washington to help out at the family business. Cecil worked as skate boy and candy man at the roller skating rink, and was a part-time golfer. At age 83 Cecil retired for the last time, and he and Florence returned to Portland where Cecil could play golf for free at Portland courses. An avid golfer, Cecil won the Super Senior trophy at the Sunriver Golf Tournament at age 90, playing 54 holes in three days.
Cecil and Florence adored their grandchildren and great-grandchildren:John’s daughter Laura, and her daughters Bethany and Mallory; and Rick and Susan’s daughter Julie and son Erik. When John and Diane married they gained three step grandchildren: Mike, Cappie, and Cassie, and later Cappie’s daughters - Torie, Erin and Cidney.
Florence and Cecil celebrated their 50th Anniversary in Maui with their family, and returned to celebrate their 60th. Together, they traveled to all fifty states, six Canadian provinces, Mexico, and took five trips to Europe. They were married for 65 years before Florence died in 2001.
Cecil loved his family, golf, card games and was renowned for his jokes. He lived a full and productive life and made joyful those of us lucky enough to know him.