Shirley met her husband, John Henry Pflug, on a blind date set up by a mutual friend. They were married June 20, 1971 in Lincoln, NE, at Trinity Lutheran Church.
She is preceded in death by her husband and parents.
She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law Herb and Edna Langhus as well as many nieces and nephews.
Shirley resided in Lincoln, NE, from 1945 until her death. She attended Lincoln High and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she was a member of the Alpha Phi International Woman’s Fraternity. She graduated with a bachelor of science in medical technology. She went on to earn her doctorate of medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center- on of just three women in her class. She was a member of the American Psychiatric Association and was awarded a Falk Fellowship in her third year of residency in recognition of her outstanding skill and leadership in the field of psychiatry. She worked for 24 years as a clinical psychiatrist at the UNL University Health Center, retiring in 1995.
Shirley touched the lives of many patients, friends, and family members with her wise counsel and keen observations. Her faith of Jesus was evident in the kindness and generosity she offered to all who knew her. Shirley was filled to the brim with the joy of Christ’s saving lover for her, and it spilled over into everything and everyone she touched. Shirley was an accomplished pianist, excellent seamstress, and talented painter. She was also a polio survivor and a cancer survivor. In all times and seasons Shirley was comforted by the faithfulness of God, who now has called her to her long-awaited heavenly home, where at last she sees him face to face.
There will be a memorial service celebrating God’s gift to Shirley of eternal life on Saturday September 28, at 11:00 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lincoln, NE
Memorials are suggested to Trinity Lutheran Church Foundation