Marshick, Gabriel

Gabriel, son of Naomi and Melan, was born on 25.6.1953 in Kibbutz Hahotrim. He studied at the elementary school at Kibbutz Hahotrim and studied for two years in agromychnics in Kfar Galim, near the rowers. Gavriel, who was known by Gabi as his acquaintance, was born and lived throughout his life at Kibbutz Hahotrim, and was very attached to his friends in the kibbutz and to the kibbutz itself. There was a mixture of both cheerfulness and seriousness. He was always laughing and first to every trick, yet he was serious and withdrawn. Gabi was an outstanding athlete and his greatest love was the sea. He had a lot of swimming and diving and used to take long cruises at sea, and Cyprus also arrived on his voyages. He had “golden hands” and excellent technical talent. From an early age, he liked to dismantle every tool and instrument that fell into his hand and did not assemble until he had learned the structure and internal parts of their bodies. Gifts he gave to his friends or his family were always his feats to boast-brooches and jewelry, menorahs and ornaments. The members of the rowers remember well the magnificent sukkah that he established in his youth when he decided that he and his friends should spend Sukkot in their own sukkah. During and after the school years, Gabi would be in the kibbutz garage at every moment of leisure. In his work in the garage, he successfully combined a hobby, knowledge and talent in the technical and manual professions. Gabriel was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early November 1971. He completed his basic training with honors and successfully completed a training course in tanks and a team commanders’ course, and his technical knowledge helped him fulfill his duties in the artillery corps. In his vacations, he used to rush home to the kibbutz and divide his time between the house and the family and the friends and the garage, and spend time with the tractors and plows, and his younger brother used to drive Affection and great concern in salt The dead of Yom Kippur was Gabi, commander of a heavy mortar team in the Golan Heights, who fought in the battle against the Syrians until he was hit and killed on October 8, 1973. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in his kibbutz, Parents and brother, was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and in his letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote that Gabi was the commander of a quiet and responsible team. Words in his memory were also published in the Hahotrim newsletter, in memory of the fallen soldiers in the war, and in a book published in memory of the fallen soldiers.