Mary Marlene Bryant Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

MARY MARLENE BRYANT 1941 – 2020 Mary Marlene (Nolting) Bryant, 79 years young, of Colorado Springs, CO formerly of Plattsmouth, NE passed away of Covid19 and pneumonia on Thanksgiving evening, Thursday, November 26, 2020 at the Penrose Main Hospital in Colorado Springs. She was the only child born to Henry Frederick and Emma Charlotte (Tritsch) Nolting on January 20, 1941 in Plattsmouth. Mary was raised in Plattsmouth and she was educated in the Plattsmouth Public Schools starting out in the little brick school house in the country where she rode her horse to school. In the 1940’s or 50’s they moved to town and she attended Plattsmouth High School graduating in 1958. Mary worked various jobs throughout her life. She worked at Wimpy’s Hamburger Joint as a teenager. As a young adult, she worked at the area Pancake House and she was a secretary in Omaha at an insurance company. She left Nebraska in the 1960’s traveling to Texas, Japan, Guam, back to Texas and finally retiring in Colorado Springs. She worked for Non-Appropriated Funds at Randolph AFB and finished her work career in Colorado Springs doing the same job at the Air Force Academy. Mary loved cooking, playing cards and bowling. She was bowling when she went into labor with Matt in Japan and she insisted on finishing the game before going to the hospital. In her later years, she watched every sport there was on TV including golf! She went through a period where she read Danielle Steele all the time. She was absolutely terrified of birds but collected all kinds of owl figurines and she loved shopping with a passion! Her other love in her senior years was taking the bus up to Cripple Creek; playing the slot machines and having a good meal. She is the loving and devoted mother of Robert Matthew Cook of Colorado Springs, CO and Michelle Terese Biediger of Lake City, TX and the cherished grandmother of Cassidy Cook of Dallas, TX, Katina Rae Roberts of Austin, TX, Shannon Ashley Biediger of Houston, TX and Emma Kelsey Hubbs of Mathis, TX and the treasured great grandmother of Windy and Caleb Knapp of Houston, TX. Mary was preceded in death by her parents: Henry and Emma Nolting. Family and friends are invited to attend the Visitation from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M., on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at Roby Funeral Home in Plattsmouth. A Private Family Internment will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Plattsmouth. Memorials to The Nebraska Masonic Home in Plattsmouth. Services entrusted to Roby Funeral Home, 346 Ave. A, Plattsmouth, NE 68048 (402) 296-3123 robyfuneralhome.com

Mary Marlene Bryant

January 20, 1941 - November 26, 2020