<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/verna-schuhmann.html" dsn="news"><item_date>12/21/2011 12:00:00 AM</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><firstname>Verna</firstname><middlename>Ross</middlename><maidenname>Cook</maidenname><lastname>Schuhmann</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'44</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Verna Schuhmann</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>Verna Ross Cook Schuhmann (’44), La Grange. She worked for General Electric, then as an administrative assistant for American Airlines in San Antonio, New Orleans and Houston before becoming a homemaker. She was a 20-year member of the Friends of Monument Hill State Park and a member of the Dulcimer Players Group and the Hospital Auxiliary at St. Mark’s Medical Center. She also was a volunteer at the Second Chance Emporium. At North Texas, she was a member of Kappa Theta Pi and the Mary Ardens.</main-content></item>