Verna Ruth Schanbacher, 91, of Cherokee, Oklahoma, passed away on April 3, 2019, in Wichita, Kansas. She was born in Alfalfa County on May 16, 1927, to Delbert and Goldie Farabee and married to Duane Schanbacher on April 5, 1947. She is the loving mother of four, grandmother of 13 and great-grandmother of 18 children. In 1954, Duane and Verna Ruth moved to the farm north of Cherokee. In 1985 they built their home east of Cherokee and continued to farm and ranch for many years. Verna Ruth was a longtime member of the First Christian Church where she, in her younger years, was the Sunday school...