Myra Schwebel

Myra Schwebel

1945 - 2022

Myra Lee Rotherham Schwebel died quietly at her home in Ponte Vedra, Florida, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, surrounded by her family. She had been treated for cancer for the past seven years.

Myra was born to Matilda (Bauer) and James Rotherham on June 27, 1945, in Ewing, the sixth of nine children. She attended school in Ewing except for her freshman and sophomore years at St. Mary's Academy in O'Neill. She graduated from high school in 1963 and continued her education at the University of Nebraska, graduating from the School of Journalism in 1967. She began her career at the...