“After 30 years of being together, all of a sudden you’re on your own,” Brian Eads tells PEOPLE about his late wife Katheryn
NEED TO KNOW
- University of Texas at San Antonio professor Katheryn Eads was one of the victims of the July 4, 2025, Texas floods
- Her husband, Brian, who was with her when they got swept up and separated in the floodwaters, tells PEOPLE she was the anchor of their family
- In addition to Brian, Katheryn left behind two daughters and a grandson
Asked how he would describe his wife of 30 years Katheryn Eads, Brian Eads remembers her as a loving spouse, mother, daughter and sister who believed that family was everything.
“Her mother was her best friend,” Brian, 53, of Cibolo, Texas, tells PEOPLE. “She was close to her father. All of her siblings. She was determined, the go-getter. She had a Ph.D. in psychology that she worked on while she was also raising two daughters and being a military spouse. When she set her mind to something, that’s what she was going to do.”
Katheryn, 52, a University of Texas at San Antonio professor, was one of the many victims who died in the 2025 Texas flooding tragedy. As the disaster’s one-year anniversary approaches, Brian says he is still trying to put the pieces back together and navigate his life without her…