Elisabeth Jung Moran: 1939-2025

Our Mutti (Mom), Oma, sister, aunt, and friend…….

Writing about the most significant void one can experience in their lifetime doesn't come easy, yet sitting and hearing her favorite chimes dancing with the wind brings a smile from damp eyes with the hope of honoring someone who gave so much to everyone, in words.

Mutti passed on Wednesday, April 9, in Austin, Texas, and will be laid to rest with her husband, Thomas Roderick Moran, on Friday, April 18.  She was a widow for 41 years, and their love story is one no one ever tires of hearing. Our father smiled through his eyes and, knowing she will soon see that smile, provides us comfort. Our parents fashioned and shaped us from their love and respect for one another.

She raised two children, daughter Caroline Moran and son Thomas R. Moran II, who both survive her. She is also survived by two granddaughters, Kat and Tori Moran, daughter-in-law Andrea Chapman Moran, sister Emmche (Willie) Walter, brother Fritz Schuick, sister-in-law Claire Nicholson, and extended family and friends. She was truly loved.

Mutti was very direct, honest, and the strongest woman we knew.  She enjoyed travel, wine (paper wine - inside joke), wonderful food, laughing, hearing others laugh, making others laugh, her walks, grocery stores, time with family and friends, camping, fishing, and just enjoying life.

Her granddaughters brought her to Austin, and she enjoyed every moment with them.  Most especially, Tuesdays with Oma!  She'd call me every Tuesday evening and provide me with a summary of their day.

Everyone enjoyed her stories from her childhood, family memories, falling in love with our father, to her children's shenanigans.  She loved letting people know about her life and wanted everyone to know how she was a survivor of war, her husband also a survivor of serving in a war, losing the love of her life, her parents, siblings, and how important her family was; even though they were far away the majority of her adult life, she always thought and spoke of them.

I hope all who knew her will remember her with tears and laughter.  She rarely cried but knew even the strongest armor eventually leaked.

As much as Mutti loved flowers, she only wished for a casket spray to include tulips, sunflowers, and a few other complementary flowers. Therefore, the family asks that you kindly donate to Carry the Load, an annual event in Dallas that we support and participate in to support Veterans and First-Responders (yes, that's us in the picture):

https://participate.carrytheload.org/site/TR/2019/General?px=1157017&pg=personal&fr_id=2020

Thank you for being her/our friend!