about DR. GERRY
“To serve others comes with little or no self gratification or financial reward. It’s a gift reserved for the hearts of those being served and the server.” -Dr. Gerry Dembrowski, April 2009
“They say behind every great man is a greater woman.”
It is with a sad heart and a heavy spirit that we announce the death of Gerry’s wife Margerie G. Dembrowski, who passed away February 4, 2010 after a seven year battle with breast cancer. Gerry's campaign and all of its endeavors to make a difference in the lives of people and families across the nation are dedicated to her memory. The tribute that Gerry gave to his wife at her memorial service is included at the bottom of this page.
“A great woman made a good man out of me.” Gerry Dembrowski
Gerry met his wife Margerie Geronimo in the Woburn Public Library back in the 80’s. They went on a few dates, but separated to pursue their individual aspirations. Over a decade after their chance meeting at the library, Dr. Gerry returned from graduate school to establish a practice in his home town of Woburn. To make a long story short, Gerry's reunion with his soon to be wife perfectly exemplifies the saying "real life is stranger than fiction." In the late 90’s, when Gerry was invited to a Christmas party, his mother relayed the message that Margerie had called several months before his return, and suggested he return her call. Gerry would later find out that in reality, the several months his mother had referred to was more than eight years. He and Margerie attended the Christmas party together, and have been happily married for more than seven years.
Dr. Gerry brings the heart and intellect of a primary care provider to the 2010 7th Congressional Election. Having been a healthcare provider for more than eleven years, he brings a fresh perspective and new dynamic to the 7th Congressional District. His innovative and exciting approach focuses primarily on putting the people first, in sharp contrast to past and present congressmen. The only special interest Dr. Gerry harbors is that of tending to the interests of his family and patients.
As a candidate for the 7th Congressional District, he will focus on the needs and resolve of both the people and business of the district.
Dr. Gerry was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts forty seven years ago. He and his parents eventually moved to Woburn, Massachusetts, where he was educated through Woburn's public school system.
After graduating from public school, Dr. Gerry played junior hockey in Canada, the US and semipro in the Mid West. After hanging up his skates, he enrolled in Middlesex Community College, where he received an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences. He then continued onto Salem State College to receive a Bachelors Degree in Biological Sciences, with a minor in Chemistry. He continued to further his education, earning a Doctorates Degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in San Jose California. He is a licensed primary care provider in both California and Massachusetts, and has been working in private practice in Woburn, Massachusetts for more than eleven years.
While working as a primary care provider in California, Dr. Gerry also served as a healthcare provider for the Sonoma Valley Hospital Integrative Medicine Program. During this period, he was part of the Sonoma Valley Health Care Coalition, which manages strategic planning, problem solving, decision making and negotiation between local officials, hospital administration and health care practitioners to create an integrative hospital system.
Dr. Gerry believes that to truly be of service to the people of both Massachusetts and the Nation, all elected representatives should adhere to and exemplify the principle that "the People have a right, to require of their lawgivers and magistrates, an exact and constant observance of loyalty and devotion (piety), justice, moderation, temperance, industry, frugality, all of which are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, in the formation and execution of the laws necessary for the good administration of the commonwealth."1
Only when all of these qualities are deeply rooted in Congress will the People have a voice in their government. "A government that puts the will of the People first will be established and return to the day when government is governed by laws and not by men."2
Tribute to Margerie G. Dembrowski August 1, 1964 to February 4, 2010
By Gerry Dembrowski
My Love, My Life, My Wife
We are here to pay tribute to my wife Margerie, who we knew as a dedicated loving wife, a protective loving sister, devoted loving daughter, a passionate devoted friend and a loyal coworker.
My wife was an extraordinary combination of external and internal beauty.
No matter how much the cancer ravaged her body she always managed to find the strength to put her make up on and wear the latest fashion.
Honestly, I was mesmerized by her external beauty and fell in love with the heart and soul of the woman who became the love of my life and my wife.
I believe if you knew Margerie it was because she touched your heart.
No matter how much the cancer and medical procedures continued to distort her outward appearance, it never touched her heart and soul, that’s where the real Margerie resided.
My wife was one of those rare individuals whose passion for life, selflessness and love for people left an indelible mark on your inner being and she wrapped your heart in the essence of Margerie.
Although my love, my life, my wife is no longer with me I see her passion for life and love in each one of your lives.
I see her strength, her love for people, her passion for life in everyone of you.
I believe her selfless acts, passion for life and the love she had for all was the radiant love of God and Jesus Christ that lived in her heart.
The words on a page and the sound of my voice will never be enough to describe my love for my wife.
She is my love, my life, my wife.
On October 20, 2001 pastor Betty married Margerie and I.
On that day I held Margerie’s right hand and cried tears of joy.
On February 4, 2010 at 8:17 am, when my love took her last breath I held the same hand and cried tears of loss for my true love and tears of joy that she was no longer suffering and now she is rejoicing in heaven and cancer free.
The one request I would have for all and I know Margerie would concur, is even though she is no longer physically with us, she leaves a legacy for all of us to follow; live life with passion, help those in need and love your family and friends with all your heart, because tomorrow may never come to say I love you.
I would like all of you who knew my loving wife to know what made her so special.
Margerie believed that God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son and who so ever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.
That was the source of Margerie’s passion for life, her selfless acts and her radiant love for people.
That is why I have tears of joy, because I know when my heart stops beating and I close my eyes for the last time, I will be in the presents of the Lord and Margerie will say welcome my love.
In closing.
I want to thank two of the best friends I could ever have Dewey Hathaway and Earle Gibbings. If it wasn’t for your love and friendship I would still be sitting on my living room couch.
I want to thank my brother Jeff and David for opening their hearts and welcoming Margerie as their sister.
I want to thank my mother and father for opening their hearts and embracing Margerie as their daughter.
I want to thank my sister in law Val for opening your heart and allowing me to be a part of your life and to forgive me for not always being so understanding.
I want to thank my mother and father in law for entrusting their daughter to my care and allowing me to spend the best days of my life with her and for loving me as a son.
Can everyone please stand.
I want to thank all of you for being part of Margerie and my life. Her memory lives in each one of you and from time to time I will be drawing from your strength and memories.
References:
1. Article XVIII. A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the constitution, and a constant adherence to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry, and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free government. The people ought, consequently, to have a particular attention to all those principles, in the choice of their officers and representatives: and they have a right to require of their lawgivers and magistrates, an exact and constant observance of them, in the formation and execution of the laws necessary for the good administration of the commonwealth.
2. Article XXX. In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them: the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them: to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
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