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Dana Diane Samargis/Bryant 52, born July 10, 1966 in Emmett, Idaho, made her transition December 7, 2018 at her residence in Bandera, Texas. At her side was her loving husband of 22 years, Ron Bryant. They had been residing in Stilwell, Oklahoma for the past two years and had recently moved to Texas in search of health care for Dana.
She is survived by her parents, Frank Samargis Sr and Lela Trammel/Samargis of Stilwell, sisters, Marilyn Covert and Donna Ready of Stilwell, brothers Kevin and Martin Samargis and sister-in-law Marlene Cochran of Stilwell, great-aunt Dolly Kester of Stilwell, the Braly family, Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ron Braly, and cousins, Jaime, Jeff and Ronnie Braly of Stilwell.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Frank Samargis Jr. and grandmother Annie Feasel.
Dana was fortunate to have a very large extended family. She was close to her husband’s family, his parents Jody and Dary Gibbons of Bandera, Texas and Bob and Betty Bryant and brother-in-law Mark Lovelace of Waco, Texas, stepdaughter Heather Bassi of Waco, Texas and stepson, Tristan Bryant of Lyle, Texas along with and grandbaby Lily Bassi of Waco, Texas. She always said one could never have enough moms and dads and grandparents. She also left behind multiple aunts and uncles, nephews and nieces, and cousins from one end of this country to the other, too numerous to name.
She was a graduate of Tom C. Clark High School in San Antonio, Texas, and worked in the real estate field as a mortage loan officer in Summerville, South Carolina and later as office manager of a large apartment complex.
Dana was born the youngest of six children and loved her position as the “baby girl” where she often lit up our lives. She was taken from us too soon, but her memory burns bright in our hearts. Many weekends were spent with the family pulling out their old guitars and singing country music. Dana was a star with her sweet, crystal clear singing voice. She learned guitar chords very early and delighted us often with her own rendition of “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues.” Her siblings often said they had to give her a quarter to sing a song and a dollar to shut her up.
And finally, in the words of her beloved husband in a recent note to me, “We spent every minute of every day together, no words could ever come close to what we experienced. Like our love for our heavenly Father, it became so big that any expression always seemed to fall short of the truth. You know, as parents you can only hope that your children find something in life that overshadows any tragedies or disappointments through their journey, I can reassure you, your daughter did just that and was a big part of doing that for me as well.”
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