About Us

• Our story begins in the little town of Paris, Ohio in the 1950s, when Willis Gassman did Appliance, Electrical and Water pump service. His son Wayne worked on jobs with him from the time he was in grade school. In 1979, after college and meeting his beautiful wife Janet, Wayne Gassman moved with his family to Lansing, Michigan and started Gassman Appliance as sole proprietor. They moved to Boring, Oregon in 1986, bringing the family business along. Advertising with only the Nickel Ads, business got off to a quick start, covering the entire Portland area from Hillsboro to Mt Hood. As time and business progressed & traffic got heavier, the service area narrowed down to the East side & less populated areas. Gassman Appliance formed an LLC in the mid 2000s and its first employee was hired in 2007. In 2020, Octavio Orozco began as an employee, and in 2022, he purchased both Family Appliance and Gassman Appliance, merging the two companies together at the former DeWitt Appliance & Jim Phillips Appliance Repair location. Wayne is still a part of the business and is excited to watch Octavio continue to grow it!