Gail Marie Brown

AUBURN – Show kindness, forgive freely, stand up for what’s right, never give up on a single person. Gail Marie Brown embodied these values in every way, big and small. Gail was a daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, and the truest friend.

She was born in Lewiston, in 1956, and from an early age committed her life to helping others. She graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington and spent her career and personal life working in ways to help people from all walks of life.

She cared deeply for people facing adversity and would go to the ends of the earth to support a fellow human. She had an innate sense of what a person needed—the right gift at the right time, another chance, a hug. She was selfless, empathetic, humble, strong. She participated in a clinical trial to advance research and treatment of pulmonary hypertension, and even in the last hours of her life expressed a profound desire that future discoveries be shared in ways that would help the most people possible.

The greatest joys in Gail’s life were her children and grandchildren. She put them first above all else and found the deepest pleasure in anything that made them happy or successful. In a time where she could have been more comfortable at home, she showed up to soccer fields, robotics tournaments, elementary school concerts. She did absolutely everything she could with her time with her family, and though she won’t be here to watch Tyson, Natalia, Charlotte and Parker grow and change, we’ll see her. We’ll see her and we know she’ll be close, in a spring bird’s call, a really cool rock, a morning swim, a lake paddle, a tulip peeking up through the earth, a worn flannel shirt, a roaring woodstove fire.

Gail’s family will be honoring her memory by donating to New Beginnings: newbeginmaine.org/donations/give-in-honor-of-a-loved-one