Terri L. (Lazar) Brennan

My beautiful child, my angel, my daughter, Terri Lazar Brennan passed away on Monday, August 12th, 2024. A private funeral service was held on Sunday, August 18th at Doran Funeral Home, Seneca Falls. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the funeral home staff for taking such good care of Terri and making her look so beautiful.

She was the love of my life. After having a year of so much suffering. Last year (2023) at this time she had septic shock and was so sick, but she made it through that. She fought so hard but then in May of this year she had a blood clot on her lungs. She was sent to Strong Hospital and after that she suffered a small stroke (TIA). From there she was transferred to Geneva General Hospital in June for rehab. This stay was brief because then she was transferred to Soldiers and Sailors Hospital in Penn Yan for six weeks to treat a serious wound. It was here that she had a picc line put in before being sent home for a few weeks and then went back to Geneva General to be treated for septic shock once again. My courageous girl could fight no more; she could no longer eat or drink and had lost so much weight. She was so painfully thin and unrecognizable. She had suffered so much and on the 12th of August she took her last breath.

Terri had Multiple Sclerosis and throughout the past eleven years it took everything from her. So many hospitalizations every year accompanied by pain and suffering. She fought through it all while never once complaining. This was her life as she knew it. From bed to wheelchair and wheelchair to bed, she accepted it but made the best of it. No matter what Terri was going through she was never thinking of herself; she only thought of others and what she could do to help them. If someone she loved had a problem, she would try to help. By nature she was full of empathy and was so caring toward others.

My darling girl had the most beautiful heart and soul of anyone I ever knew. She was a fighter, a warrior, who had so much inner strength and courage. She had such a strong will to live until she could fight no more. I adored her. I loved her with all my heart. She was everything to me – the sun, the moon, and the stars.

She was my “Little Heart Girl”, my sunshine. Every night we spoke on the phone, we always said our nightly prayers and at the end we would sing You Are My Sunshine to one another. When we said our goodbye’s, I would tell her I loved her to the moon and back, infinity and way beyond, to which she would say goodnight my beautiful Mom, my heart and I would say to my Terri, the love of my life – goodnight my beautiful little heart girl – talk to you in the morning.

The good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise and then on that fateful day it did. We were there in the ICU with the love of her life, David Brennan; her faithful aide and dearest friend, Jim Rose; and me, her mom; all surrounding her with our love. God is good.

No more pain. No more suffering, just joy and happiness forever. She is with her Blessed Father and her Dad, who adored her. She can walk and run and do everything now. She is safe. She is free. Finally free. I miss you my beautiful girl, my heart, my beautiful angel from God. I ache to hold your sweet face and hold your beautiful little hands. I long to talk our special talks, to pray together, to kiss your sweet face. I long…

I am so proud to be your mom, to have been loved by someone as precious and special as you, “My Darling Girl.”

I Love You,

Your Mom

God Bless Us All