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, ...

Price Banks

Price Terrance Banks, 82, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 21, at Bridge Haven. Since December 2020 he fought the debilitating disease of multiple myeloma caused by his exposure to Agent Orange while in Vietnam in 1965.He was born in Saginaw, Michigan, the son of Wayne and Vera ...

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 ...

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