Gordon George Nikolaus

Gordon George Nikolaus, 88, a resident of the Forest Grove community Passed away on July 22, 2014 at his home in Forest Grove.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at the Banks Community United Methodist Church; 151 Depot Street in Banks.

Family and friends are invited to attend a reception following the Services held in the church fellowship room.

Burial will take place at the Union Point Cemetery in Banks OR following the reception.

Gordon was born on June 10, 1926 in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada. He was the oldest of three children born to George and Sophie (Abermenko) Nikolaus. He was raised and received his education in Three Hills graduating from Three Hills High School in 1941. Gordon later attended Portland Electronics College where he received an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering.

He met his future wife, May Kate Quance, when she was working in one of the shops in Three Hills. They soon began dating and were married on May 10, 1949 in Three Hills, Alberta Canada. Following their marriage they made their home in several communities throughout Canada and the United states including; Missoula, MT, Milwaukie, OR, St Maries ID, Washington DC, Banks, OR and Hillsboro, OR. May passed away on September 4, 2004 and Gordon moved to Forest Grove were he has resided since.

Gordon was an Electrical Engineer and installed radio and phone communications systems for the US Government, his primarily employers were the US Forest Service and US Department of Agriculture. His work took him all over the country and he enjoyed the traveling and the people he met. He retired in 1982. With his early years in his father's garage and then as parts manager for two Ford Dealerships, Gordon liked to keep things extremely organized. From the time they were married, he enjoyed leisure travel with his wife and family in his camper, especially to the Oregon coast. Gordon enjoyed gardening and the outdoors. He was an avid ham radio operator (W7MAM) and was skilled at building or repairing most things around the home, yard and garden. He was a rock hound, collected phones and radios and stamps. He was a history buff, visiting numerous historical sites around the county, and enjoyed reading and collecting data on his own family history.

He is preceded in death by his loving wife of 55 years, May, a brother; Elmer and his parents.

Survivors include two children and their spouses; Karen and Robert Schmidlin of Banks, OR, James and Renae Nikolaus of Banks, OR, four grandchildren; Tori, Ellie, Rachael, Bryan, a sister and brother-in-law' Alice and Ed Minister of Oregon City, OR and a sister-in-law; Lou Nikolaus of Spokane, WA.

The family suggest donations in Gordon's name to (National Stroke Association )