Obituaries

William Coil

William (Bill) H. Coil, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed on July 20, 2025, just two weeks becoming a centenarian. Bill was born on June 6, 1925 and spent his youth in Fort Wayne, Indiana with his parents, Cecil and Desha (Stage) Coil, and his siblings Elizabeth, Helen, and David.After high school, ...

Walter Houk

Walter Charles Houk, Jr., 84, of Lawrence, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living of Lawrence. He was born in Lawrence on February 13, 1941, to Walter Charles Houk, Sr. and Elizabeth (Betty) Houk Spencer. He was raised in Lawrence, Kansas, graduated from Lawrence ...

Doris John

Doris Jean John, age 85 of Lawrence, passed away July 24, 2025.  Memorial Service arrangements will be announced at a later date.  Arrangements are with Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home of Lawrence.

Gary Schmidt

Gary Allen Schmidt of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away on Friday, July 18, 2025. Mr. Schmidt was born in Denver, Colorado, on November 27, 1941. He was adopted, at birth, by Frederick W. and Marguerite (Mickey) Galyean Schmidt, of Delta, Colorado. Gary was raised in Delta and was a member of the ...

Larry Warner

Memorial Services for Larry G. Warner, 85, will be 2pm Sun., Aug. 3, 2025 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor Chapel, 1429 Kasold Dr, Lawrence. To read the full obituary, please visit Rumsey-Yost.com.

Wayne Kanzig

Memorial Services for Wayne E. Kanzig, 89, Eudora, will be 11 am, Tues, July 29, 2025, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3615 W 10th St, Lawrence, Visitation at 10am. rumsey-yost.com