Gabe-Zimmerman-Obituary

Gabe Zimmerman

Obituary

Gabe Zimmerman, the director of community outreach for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, died January 8, 2011 in the shooting outside a Tucson supermarket.

Zimmerman handled thousands of issues raised by constituents out of the congresswoman's offices in Tucson and Sierra Vista, and was one of the Giffords staffers who organized many public events where voters could meet Giffords and talk to her about issues.

Co-workers say Zimmerman, who had a master's degree in social work, cared passionately about helping people. Zimmerman's mother, Emily Nottingham, said politics was a good fit for him because it combined policy and making a difference for others.

"He had a real interest in helping people and had a real caring for social justice," Nottingham said.

Zimmerman, who was engaged, had set a wedding date for 2012.


Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press

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Three of us are meeting on Wednesday, January 6th 2021 for a hike on the Arizona Trail. We will be starting at Gabe's trail head. How we wish he could join us.

You have my sympathy.

Thank you, Gabe, for your life and your work to improve the quality of all of our lives. We will carry on with peace and social work for all persons as you did.

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Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption...

To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say...
but first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay.
I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above.
Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here is just eternal love.

Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight.
Remember that I'm with you every morning, noon and night.
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through,
God picked me up and hugged me and He...