TO THOSE WHOM I LOVE AND THOSE WHO LOVE ME
When I am gone, release me, let me go I have so many things to see and do.
You must not tie yourself to me with tears,
be happy that we had so many years.
With Love We Remember
I gave you my love, you can only guess
how much you gave me in happiness.
I thank you for the love each have shown,
but now it is time I travelled alone.
So grieve a while for me, if grieve you must then let your grief be comforted by trust.
It is only for a while we must part
so bless the memories within your heart.
I will not be far away, for life goes on so if you need me, call and I will come.
Though you cannot see or touch me, I will be near,
and if you listen with your heart, you will hear
all of my love around you soft and clear.
Then when you must come this way alone,
I will greet you with a smile and a “Welcome Home”.
AN INVITATION
Eileen’s family thank you for your care and support today. Following the service
you are warmly invited to join them in the adjacent Reception Lounge
for refreshments and a time to share more memories.
TRIBUTES
If you would like to send the family a message, share a story, or pay tribute to Eileen,
please do so in the online tribute book at www.tributes.co.nz
a Selected Independent Funeral Home
Eileen Elizabeth Couch
1923 - 2012
Hope and Sons Chapel
Dunedin
17 May 2012
Private Cremation
Celebrant Merle Andrew
Organist Donald Moorhead
Welcome
Reading
John 14 : 1 -6
Hymn
The Lord’s My Shepherd
Eulogy
Sharing of Memories
Reading
To Those Whom I Love
Hymn
Guide Me O Thou
Great Jehovah
Words of Farewell
Farewell Music
One Day at a Time
Suzanne Prentice
THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD
The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want;
He makes me down to lie
in pastures green; he leadeth me
the quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again,
and me to walk doth make
within the paths of righteousness,
ev’n for his own name’s sake.
Yea though I walk in death’s dark vale,
yet will I fear no ill;
for thou art with me; and thy rod
and staff me comfort still.
My table thou has furnished
in presence of my foes;
my head thou dost with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me:
and in God’s house for evermore
my dwelling place shall be.
GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven
Feed me till my want is o’er.
Open now the crystal fountain
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire, and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong deliverer, strong deliverer
Be thou still my strength and shield.
When I tread the verge of Jordan
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell’s destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side:
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee.