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Memorial Services for Shana (Plugge) Bryant, age 42, of Sutherland and formerly of Inman, will be 1:00 pm Thursday, February 10, 2022 at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill. Burial will be at a later date in the O'Neill Cemetery. Memorial Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Shana passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at Arbor Care Center in Fullerton, Nebraska. Memorials may be directed to her family for future designation. Arrangements are entrusted to Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill.

Shana Lee Plugge was born on May 28, 1979 in O'Neill, Nebraska to Kevin and Patricia (Watson) Plugge. She attended country school near Atkinson, Inman Public Schools, and O'Neill High School. She attained her CNA License at 16 and began her life long love of helping others though nursing.

Shana married John Bryant on February 28, 2003 in North Platte. To this union, four children were born; Hannah, Jennifer, Nathan, and Alexis. She worked at several nursing homes before she worked at Great Plains Hospital in North Platte for several months before her first stroke when she was 29 years old. She loved her job and being a mom. As her health deteriorated, Shana was cared for by her family and the great nurses at Arbor Care Center in Fullerton.

Family time was very important to Shana. She loved family get togethers. She loved watching cartoons and movies with her kids, which prompted her first major purchase, a big screen TV before they were everywhere. She also could be found many evenings at the park with her kids.

Shana is survived by her four children, Hannah (Joseph Thiem Jr.) Bryant of Sioux Falls; Jennifer Bryant of Hartford, SD, Nathan Bryant of Hartford, SD, Alexis Bryant of Hartford, SD; two grandchildren, Josiah Thiem, and Everett Thiem; her mother, Pat Plugge of Sutherland; three siblings Kimberly (Yancy) Krol of Stromsburg, Patrick (Alison) Plugge of Sutherland, Avrielle Kohl of North Platte; maternal grandparents, Stan & Betty Watson of O'Neill, paternal grandmother, Beverly Plugge of Norfolk; John Bryant of Hartford, SD; and many nieces and nephews.

Shana was preceded in death by her father, Kevin Plugge in 2016; her brother, Matt Plugge in 2002; her sister, Sharla Plugge in 2015; her nephew, Logan Cullen-Plugge in 2002.