Teresa Eidt
Teresa Eidt, a longtime resident of Seabrook, Texas, passed away June 2, 2017. The youngest of seven children, Mary Teresa Murphy was born November 4th, 1937 in Texarkana, Arkansas. She moved to Houston with her family and met Scott Eidt in the Catholic young adult group. She will be remembered for her compassion for others–human or animal, honesty, humility, unselfishness, and strength in challenging circumstances. Teresa is survived by her sister, Gertrude Murphy Ryan, daughters, Katherine George and Pauline Nicodemus, son, Joseph Eidt, grandsons, Christopher George and Aaron Eidt, granddaughter, Malorie Townsend, great grandson, Owen Townsend, and numerous nieces and nephews. Her funeral Mass was held at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Nassau Bay where she had been a member of the Legion of Mary.
Aunt Teresa, Now that you are in Heaven, please pray for us.
An Irish Funeral Prayer
Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Everything remains as it was.
The old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no sorrow in your tone.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effort
Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was.
There is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner.
All is well. Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting, when we meet again.