11/10/1955 – 8/22/2025
Lawrence
Memorial services for John Joseph Laudick II, 69, of Lawrence, will be held at 11:00am Friday, August 29, 2025, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
John died Friday, August 22, 2025, at his home after a short illness, surrounded by his family.
John was born November 10, 1955, in Spearville, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Leona (Thesing) Laudick. He graduated from Spearville High School, attended Dodge City Community College, and earned his bachelor and graduate degrees from Fort Hays State University.
John taught and coached for over 40 years; he retired from Royal Valley Middle School in 2018.
While John loved to put on the appearance that he was a gruff, grumpy guy, he was truly a softie with a great sense of humor.
He was a loyal, dependable husband, dad, family member and friend who enjoyed the simple things in life. John loved sports, especially KU and the Chiefs, as well as fishing and golfing. He took immense pride in his grandsons and was always in attendance at all of their sporting events, school programs and activities.
He married Beth Steitz in 1982, in Garden City, Kansas; they divorced. He married Dana (Bateson) Galliart in 2008; she survives of the home.
Other survivors include daughters Lindsey (Michael) Holladay, Lawrence, and Whitney (Nick) Haehl, Lawrence; grandsons Mason and Maddox Holladay, Lawrence; two brothers, Roger (Nancy) Laudick, Council Grove, Kansas, and Greg (Andrea) Laudick, Lenexa, Kansas; three sisters, Bonnie Laudick, Spearville, Kansas, Phyllis Butts, Minneola, Kansas, and Lana (Mike) Smith, Gladstone, Missouri; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Lyle Laudick, sister Charlene Nufer, and nephews Lonny Laudick and Travis Laudick.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Kansas Coaches Association, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home: PO Box 1260, Lawrence, Kansas, 66044. To leave a message for John’s family, please visit www.Rumsey-Yost.com.
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