{"id":136082,"date":"2025-08-11T04:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T04:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/136082\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T04:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T04:41:17","slug":"family-remembers-selfless-san-antonio-woman-who-died-after-aiding-hill-country-flood-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/136082\/","title":{"rendered":"Family remembers \u2018selfless\u2019 San Antonio woman who died after aiding Hill Country flood recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 The family of a San Antonio woman who died helping flood victims in Sandy Creek after the Hill Country floods remembers her as \u201cselfless\u201d and \u201ccourageous.\u201d <\/p>\n

Lysa Hieber, 65, spent nearly a month helping search for people and belongings while providing medical care to volunteers and community members.<\/p>\n

\u201cLysa was a force of nature,\u201d Loretta Hieber said. \u201cShe was probably the most courageous person I knew.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lysa Hieber served as a nurse for 30 years, both in and out of the military.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe served in the Iraq War as a nurse,\u201d Loretta Hieber said. \u201cHer job was to fly wounded soldiers from Iraq to Germany for treatment. She was somebody who was just born to give to others, and unfortunately, the last time she was volunteering was just too much for her health.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lysa Hieber developed heart issues while in the military. After leaving service, her family said she immediately began volunteering after every disaster she could.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was gathering supplies for those who needed it, providing medical care for people who were out searching,\u201d said Hannah Rockel, Lysa Hieber\u2019s daughter. \u201cShe had been working on getting the nurse practitioners that were volunteering the ability to provide IVs to anybody who needed them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite her heart problems and the hard work that came with search, rescue, recovery and medical help after the July 4 floods, Lysa Hieber\u2019s family said she continued to do what she loved.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the lost discussions I had with her, she was saying that she felt that there were more that could have been, should have been done for the people of Sandy Creek, and that\u2019s why she wanted to stay and help,\u201d Loretta Hieber said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe lived her life for others, which I feel like you hear a lot, but she really did,\u201d Rockel said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all aspire to keep part of what she was like \u2014 selfless, nonjudgmental, taking anybody and everybody in who needed a home, and just always giving to others,\u201d Loretta Hieber said.<\/p>\n

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