With the passing of our friend Gerry, today is one of the saddest days I can remember in my professional life. It's fair to say that Gerry touched us all, he was the epitome of all the best that humanity has to offer. Gerry was a loyal friend to us all. He was kind, thoughtful, reverent, always positive and treated everyone he met with overwhelming respect. Gerry always built bridges between people and always gave more, more more, than he took. One thing I didn't know about Gerry until the last few weeks was how courageous a man he was, a man that gathered tremendous strength from his family, church and friends.
Gerry has had a lot to do with shaping our group into what is today. I know we will all miss Gerry, terribly. Myself, I will never forget Gerry. While we must mourn the loss of Gerry, we must not forget to celebrate the time he spent with us, we were truly blessed. I will always remember the times we spent together. I will remember the hard work, the challenges we faced together, his advise and counsel and the adventures we had together. Few of us will ever forget our friend Slash (Gerry) walking down the hall with his side kick, Bounder (Graham). I know many of you, like me, feel anger and frustration because our time with Gerry was so short. But was it so short? Gerry changed us all, he made us happier and hopeful for the future. With this, Gerry will live on with all of us...................
Carpe Diem,
John
