The youngest of 13 siblings, Adele Gustafson was born July 25, 1915, in Wilmar, Minn.
After graduating from high school, she became a nurse for the Anoka (Minn.) State Hospital.
She later met Edward Brabec at a young people’s gathering, and they married in 1938 in a ceremony at her parents’ house, where her brother Ervil officiated.
In 1952, the couple moved to Vancouver, where Edward worked in construction and eventually started his own company, Brabec Construction.
The couple have three children, six grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Adele was active in Girl Scouts and the Women’s Auxiliary of the Hazel Dell Grange for many years. She also helped at election polling places.
