"In your interview, if you come across as having fun with your subject and really loving it, and most of all being able to explain it clearly, I think you'll get hired. This department is close, supportive, warm, sharp and innovative. I am in the English Department, and will have the opportunity to lead classes in magazine writing, environmental advocacy and creative nonfiction. It's at Arizona State University and I'll be teaching what I love: writing. "I started adjuncting in 1993 and a month ago was hired into my first full-time faculty position. '"With deep and sincere gratitude for all I've learned from all of you."Įxcerpt from a 2011 email posted to SEJ-talk by Debra: At night I covered meetings and features for whoever would buy: magazines and newspapers in the Chicago area, mostly. "Long ago before SEJ existed, I was a senior writer for Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a well-known outplacement firm. "And you know what? It's joyful and gratifying. It has been six weeks now, and I'm already getting repeat business. While I get a new book together, I decided to start a resume, job coaching and business writing business. It will lead you to where you need to go. No one can take that away from you - ever. Your work is your writing, your reporting, your researching. "I just want to encourage all of you to be true to yourselves, should you stand apart from an established newsroom. Information about a service and other details will be posted here as they emerge.Įxcerpt from a 2008 email from Debra, posted on SEJ-Talk, SEJ's members-only listserv: A search including helicopters, search dogs and teams on horseback had searched for her since Friday. Debra was found dead on Sunday, May 8, 2016, after an apparent fall into a canyon. ![]() Friends may call from 4:00 �" 8:00 on Sunday at the Olson Funeral Home where there will be a Christian Wake Service at 7:30 PM.SEJ mourns the death of Debra Schwartz, SEJ member since 1995, and previously a mentor in SEJ's Mentor Program. Paul’s Catholic Church in Bloomer with Father James Arthur officiating. and Harry Conrad and her in-laws Jacob and Anna Schwartz one brother in-law: Duane Swan and a half-brother: Ellsworth Conrad.Ī Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, at 1:00 PM at St. (Penny) Hetke, and Mark (Dana) Hetke two half-sisters: Delores Rihn and Lucille Christianson numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.ĭebra was preceded in death by her fathers Vinton Hetke Sr. She is survived by her husband: Bernard (Jinx) three children Mark, Melissa (Brandon) Durch, and Tosha Reetz (Fred Jenneman) two grandchildren: Lincoln Durch and Kaidnyce Reetz her mother: Ruth Hetke five sisters Barbara (Mel) Crisp, Sandra (Doug) Hilger, Linda (Rich) Greenblatt, Cindy (Roger) Miller, and Vicky (Jeff) Eder four brothers David (Barb) Conrad, Douglas (Debbie) Conrad, Vinton Jr. She will be sadly missed by all who loved her and knew her. Her greatest satisfaction was in knowing that she was helping someone or something. She nurtured and cared for all living things: plant, animal, and human. ![]() Both in her personal and professional life, she put her heart into what she was doing. Football, with the Green Bay Packers, was watched every Sunday. With her loving husband, Jinx, she raised her children as well as her many “dog children” who were also a huge joy to her.ĭebra loved to decorate in her home and work in her yard with her prized flowers and trees. She also got to spoil her two grandchildren, Kaidie, and Lincoln. She thought she was the luckiest mother in the whole world to have her two children, Mark and Melissa, and stepdaughter Tosha. Her life was her family and her children. She loved nursing but she also loved her family dearly. She held many positions in nursing including Director of Nursing and being a clinical nurse for general practice, an eye clinic, geriatrics, Hospice, and mental health care. She graduated from the Bloomer School District and received a bachelor’s degree in nursing through Viterbo College. She grew up in the Town of Cleveland with her five sisters and four brothers. She waits in Heaven for the rest of her family to join her.ĭebra was born on April 20, 1958, the daughter of Ruth and the late Vinton Hetke Sr. Debra Jean Schwartz, 51, joined her Heavenly Father on Wednesday morning after a courageous, hard fought battle with cancer.
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