Brian Lee Gustafson

Brian Lee Gustafson (born July 16, 1948), 68, of Seattle WA, formerly of Concord CA, Foster City, CA, Las Vegas, NV & Minneapolis, MN  passed away on July 7, 2017, in his home in hospice care, surrounded by family.  A heroic survivor of Mantle Cell Lymphoma in 1999 and Bilateral Lung Transplant in 2014, he suffered subsequent head trauma that proved unrecoverable.

Preceded in death by mother, Frances; Father, Donald. Survived by siblings, Gary (Elizabeth), Grant (Lory), Craig (Karen), Jill (Corey), Dean, Joni (David), nieces and nephews, Beth (Mark), Kim (Tara), Jennifer, Casey (Paige), Jesse (John), Lauren, Leif, Jan, Ben, Jordan, Arwen, Marion; great nieces & nephews, Henry, Greta, Derek, Dominic, Willow, Axel.

Brian graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelors Degree in Interior Design. His love for Mid-Century Modern carried over in his pursuits. Opening a furniture store in Elk River, MN for course credit. Positions Brian held were absolutely entrepreneurial: Asst. Store Manager for Menards in Eau Claire WI; Exterior Sign Designer for YESCO in Las Vegas; developed the leased furniture division at Breuner’s in San Francisco; and operated his construction and design firm CON:STRUCT Builders, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Changing careers to the emerging dot-com market he was involved in extensive web development for Bay Area companies before moving to Seattle in 1998 and continued in this field after that move.

Brian will be remembered for his incredibly positive attitude and strength in adversity, his loving dedication to family, his generosity of spirit, and his enthusiasm for all things both old and new. He had an encyclopedic array of useful knowledge and experience that he regularly put to great use for everyone.

Having been a champion in maintaining a fund site for our brother Dean’s ALS battle, donations to Dean Gustafson feels appropriate. Donations in his memory can be sent to: Dean Gustafson, PO Box 3344, Oakland CA, 94609.