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Me, Heavy Middleweight Pro Boxer Edwin Rodriguez & George "Georgie" Query GEORGE “GEORGIE” QUERY HAD A WAY OF MAKING FRIENDS WHEREVER HE WENT. HE WAS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN MANY TOPICS, WASTED FEW WORDS.GEORGIE WORKED AT THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS FOR OVER 37 YEARS ON THE GROUNDS CREW. HE WAS EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIS WORK AND THE MANY TIMES THE ICONIC COLLEGE WAS FEATURED IN MANY DIFFERENT MAGAZINES WHICH PRAISED THE GROOMED GROUNDS WHICH SO OFTEN LOOK AS THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN PAINTED INTO EXISTENCE BY REMBRANDT HIMSELF. ALTHOUGH GEORGIE HAD THE HELP OF AN ENTIRE CREW WITH WHICH TO ACCOMPLISH HIS MASTERPIECE, HE WAS THE LEADING CRUSADER ON THE CREW FOR SURE! GEORGIES’ GIFT OF TOUCHING PEOPLE IN AN EVER LASTING WAY BECAME EVIDENT IN MARCH OF 2011 DURING A FUND RAISER HELD IN HIS HONOR AT THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, PUT TOGETHER BY HIS DEAR FRIEND PATTY McHUGE & THE ASSISTANCE OF SEVERAL FRIENDS, AND THE ICONIC COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS AS WELL. THE TURN OUT WAS ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 800 PEOPLE. ALTHOUGH GEORGIE’S BATTLE WITH CANCER LASTED NEARLY TWO YEARS, HE FORGED AHEAD LIKE A TRUE CRUSADER ALWAYS WEARING HIS COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS HATS AND SHIRTS. I REMEMBER HOW DEVASTATING IT WAS FOR HIM TO HAVE TO RETIRE FROM HIS JOB DUE TO HIS ILLNESS. IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO WATCH, BUT HARDER FOR HIM TO LIVE OUT. GEROGIE WAS MARRIED TO ROSE, WHOM HE WOULD ALWAYS REFER TO AS “MY BEAUTIFUL BRIDE” OR “MY BRIDE”. THEY BROUGHT TWO WONDERFUL SONS INTO THIS WORLD, CHRIS & TOMMY. ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2012, GEORGIE HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO HIS DETERIORATING CONDITION. FIRST GOING TO A WORCESTER HOSPITAL, HE WAS TRANSFERED TO MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON, HIS TREATING HOSPITAL, HE WAS ADMITTED AND REMAINED IN THE PASSIONATE AND LOVING CARE OF THE MASS GENERAL STAFF UNTIL TUESDAY FEBRUARY 29, 2012- THE LEAP YEAR DAY. ON THE AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 29, 2012 GEORGIE WAS TRANSFERED FROM MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON TO THE “ROSE MONAHAN HOSPICE” IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. THERE, GEROGIE RECEIVED THE KINDEST, CARING AND COMPASSIONATE ATTENTION I HAVE WITNESSED ONLY ONCE BEFORE IN MY LIFE TIME: ROOM 2034 ON THE 20th FLOOR OF MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL IN “PHILIPS HOUSE”. GOD HAS SENT ANGELS TO DO HIS WORK AT BOTH MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL & THE ROSE MONAHAN HOSPICE, ANGELS. AFTER RECEIVING HUNDREDS OF VISITORS DURING HIS STAY AT ROSE MONAHAN HOSPICE, SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY/FRIENDS BUT MOSTLY HIS SONS CHRIS & TOMMY AND HIS SISTER ANDREA, GEORGIE WENT TO GOD EARLY THIS MORNING WITH HIS SON TOMMY AT HIS SIDE. MANY TIMES I FIND IT ELEMENTARY EXPRESSING MY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS USING ORDINARY WORDS. NOT SO WHEN IT COMES TO DESCRIBING MY FEELINGS FOR MY BEST FRIEND GEORGE “GEORGI” QUERY. DIFFICULT FINDING WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT IS ALIVE AND WITHIN, SEEMS AS THOUGH WORDS ARE PURELY ELEMENTARY AND INSIGNIFICANT TO UNWRAP WHAT’S INSIDE FOR ALL TO SEE/HEAR. THE ONE WORD MANKIND WAS BLESSED WITH TO EXPRESS THE ULTIMATE ACCEPTANCE OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING WHILE FORGIVING THEIR MISSTEPS AND SHORT COMINGS, IS LOVE. I LOVE MY FRIEND GEORGE “GEORGIE” QUERY, HE WILL BE MISSED DEEPLY. HERMIS, MY THOUGHT`S & PRAYERS, TO YOU AND THE QUERY FAMILY |
PHILIP & BILL
