Jerry Gabay

Remembering a good friend who was an avid traveler and excellent photographer among many other things.

A life well lived, still missed.

Jerry spend one year in Tours, in France, during his studies in Stanford ( maybe 1962?) My parents invited him lot of weekends at home and he became part of our family. I was a little girl and I was fascinated by this américan boy. We kept in touch for years and later, in 1970, during my studies to become a pharmacist, I asked him to find a job for me during the summer. Jerry asked to a chemist shop in Prescott, Arizona and I spent 3 months there, in a Nice family. Jerry invited me in...

We were saddened to hear of Jerry's passing. He had a big heart and was a tireless worker, a multi talented renaissance man. His friendship will be missed. Bob and Sandy Haechrel

I am honored to be mentioned in this obit, and even more honored to have worked with Jerry over the past 8 years, drafting and passing legislation to prevent families from losing a loved one to suicide, as he and Susan went through with their beloved daughter, Susanna.

Jerry talked about Susanna all the time, and just this past January, showed a friend and me all of the Christmas tree ornaments Susanna had made or collected. He cherished every item and memory related to her.

My...

Sad to learn that Jerry has passed. It seems like just a few weeks ago I talked with him while he was visiting in Arizona, and he had hoped to watch some spring training baseball games. I met Jerry a few years ago while on a kayaking trip, and since then we have been canoeing, kayaking, hiking, going to movies, eating out, and most recently we enjoyed an evening looking at his photos and hearing of his adventures traveling in Georgia. Jerry was a rare soul, caring, intelligent, witty, and a...

Jerry enjoyed so much of life; family, friends, traditions, poetry, music, especially everything to do with being outdoors & being active & observing nature, like the deep blue of twilight skies.

Jerry and I were roommates at Stanford and we had some good times I will pass his obituary along to others Let me know if there is a celebration I am a physician in Portland currently furloughed by the virus [email protected]