Harry Gustafson

Harry Gustafson, age 80 of Beavercreek, passed suddenly on September 15, 2015 doing the one thing he loved to do more than any other thing; he was fishing with his friend at his favorite spot near his home in Beavercreek, OH. Harry was an avid outdoorsman with a love and respect for hunting and fishing. He learned those arts as a young boy with his father and that love of the outdoors stayed with him his whole life. Harry was born in Titusville, PA where, as an outstanding athlete, he enjoyed playing sports but enjoyed nothing more than getting out in the woods to hunt. He spent an outstanding and well-respected career in retail and business to business sales. This carrier had him moving to Erie, PA: Buffalo, NY; Nashua, NH; and finally Chicago, IL; before retiring from the Wells-Gardner Electronics Corp. of Chicago and moving to Beavercreek, OH and also Largo, FL. As a “snow-bird” he spent half the year fishing in Ohio and the rest of the year at his weekly poker night with the guys in Florida. Harry was an excellent card player excelling in poker, cribbage and bridge. Even more important to him than his business career was his 61 year marriage to the only true love of his life, his wife Sally. He married Sally Alice (Briggs) in 1954 and they had four children: Elaine (Joe Balint), Harry, Jr (Sheila), Carl (Kathleen) and Susan (John Babila). He is preceded in death by his father Harry and mother Roseline (Luers) and a sister Elizabeth “Betty” Halle and William “Bill” Gustafson. His is survived by Sally and his four children, as well as his six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister Kathryn Slagter and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service wll be held at the Tobias Funera Home Beavercreek Chapel, 3970 Dayton-Xenia Rd. on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 2 PM. The family requests that no floral tributes be sent.