She grew up in the First Protestant Church in New Braunfels and graduated from New Braunfels High School in 1943. She was a Rangerette as well as a member of the pep squad and the newspaper staff, and she performed with the aquacade team at Landa Park.
She worked at Randolph Air Force Base from 1943-1946.
Myra lived in New Braunfels until her marriage to Stewart Fischer in 1946, when she moved with him to Austin. Myra and Stewart lived in San Antonio the rest of their lives, except for spending 6 months in Kuwait while Stewart designed the traffic signal system for the City of Kuwait.
Myra enjoyed being a secretary, both professionally and for many organizations. When she retired, she was the office manager for the San Antonio office of Walter P. Moore & Associates.
The San Antonio Founders Lions Club was proud to have Myra as the first woman in the world to join the Lions Club. She also was the first woman president of the Men’s Garden Club of San Antonio.
In San Antonio she was active in St. Andrews Methodist Church, school PTAs, and many other organizations. An accomplished artist, Myra was a member of the San Antonio Art League, Trinity Art League, and the River Art Group.
She enjoyed ballroom, square and round dancing with Stewart.
Myra had a great love for flying. She flew in many types of private and commercial aircraft. She joked that she’d happily go up in a spacecraft if they’d let her.
She and Stewart traveled all over the world. They liked to travel with friends and loved to take their grandsons on special trips.
Myra loved life and people. She never met a stranger. Her friends will always remember her for her love of roses, songs, dancing, and the actor Jimmy Stewart. But her main loves were her husband, her two children and their spouses, her two grandsons and their spouses, her four great-grandchildren, and her friends.
Visitation will be at Sunset Memorial Park on Sunday, Oct. 28 from 2-6 pm. Funeral will be at St. Andrews United Methodist Church on Monday, Oct. 29 at 1 pm. Donations can be made to Hope Hospice.
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