Gabriel passed in Nanaimo Regional Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage on 25 March 2021.
Gabriel was born in Sandnessjoen, Norway. He moved to Nanaimo, BC in May 1993.
Gabriel is survived by his loving wife Donna Nicholls of Nanaimo, her two daughters Renee Reavis (Dan) and daughter Coral of Nanaimo; Robyn Malovec, her son Riley and daughter Kaleigha of Victoria; his first wife Bjorg Pedersen and two sons Jan Inge and Guttorm Gabrielsen all of Kristiansund, Norway; his sister Magny Sandven of Norway; and many other cousins and family overseas.
Gabriel raised Renee and Robyn as his own daughters.
He spent his working life at sea. First on local Norwegian fishing boats and then on world wide freighters,
working his way up to a Master Mariner.
There will be no service by Gabriel’s request. Cremation has occurred.