Drucilla Marie Schubert, age 85, resident of Fort Scott, Kansas. Left this earth to join her Lord and Savior on Thursday April 18th, 2024.
Drucilla, known by many as Dru was born July 31st, 1938, in Worland, Missouri. The Daughter of Waneta Marie Miles (Mikesell) and Walter W. Miles. From a very young age Dru showed her strength and perseverance by working in many jobs as a teenager, from Georges Restaurant to running her very own little restaurant. It was working in a restaurant where Dru met the love of her life and after several months of courtship married Ira A. “Tobe” Schubert on September 22nd, 1962, in Miami, Oklahoma. During their life together Dru suffered the loss of 7 children born in heaven. And in December 1970 they welcomed their only Son, Frankie Ray Schubert.
For several years Dru worked at Whiteside’s I.G.A. East and In May of 1989 Drucilla graduated from Allen County Community College Adult Education program with her GED. Drucilla’s love and compassion for others was shown in her many years as Activities Director for Medicalodges of Fort Scott and Fort Scott Manor nursing homes where she brightened the days of each resident and formed many lifelong friendships. Anyone who knows Dru knows that her granddaughters were her world, so after retiring from Fort Scott Manor in 2003, Dru devoted her time to being a full-time Grandma to her granddaughters Hannah and Tobyn. In later years Dru worked as a People Greeter at Walmart where she always had a smile and never knew a stranger!
On July 17th, 2002, her beloved Tobe went to be with our Lord in heaven and prepared her a heavenly home and awaited her arrival through the pearly gates.
Drucilla is survived by her son Frankie Schubert and his wife Melissa of Fort Scott; granddaughters Hannah Schubert, Fort Scott and Tobyn Schubert, Pittsburg, KS; brother Wes Miles and wife Kathy, Fort Scott, KS; sister-in-law Lucy Talbot and Husband Don, Claremore, Oklahoma; and numerous nieces and nephews. She also leaves behind her trusty companion Hank the hound dog Schubert who stayed by her side until her very last moments.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Ira A. “Tobe” Schubert; her mother Waneta Miles; her father Walter Miles; mother-in-law Stella Metcalf; fathers-in-Law, Frank Andrew Schubert, and Homer Metcalf; and a brother Leslie Eugene Miles.
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 PM Wednesday, April 24th, at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Burial will follow in U. S. National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Tuesday at the funeral home.
.Memorials are suggested to the Drucilla Schubert Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted online at cheneywitt.com.