5/15/1930 – 12/19/2025
Lecompton
Services for Norman Daniels Sr., 95, of Lecompton, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will take place in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Norman passed Friday, December 19, 2025 at home, surrounded by his family.
He was born May 15, 1930 in Lawrence, the son of Levi and Lucy Daniels. He was preceded in death by his parents and 8 siblings: Mildred Weibel, Alvin Daniels, Danny Daniels, Clarence Daniels, Bob Daniels, Virginia Hadl, Darlene Wingert and Don Daniels and their spouses.
He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1948 and attended railroad school until he was drafted and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He then attended Kansas University and earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1958. He was first employed by Union Pacific Railroad, then to Kansas Insurance Department in Topeka, later on to Standard Mutual Life Insurance in Lawrence and then lastly at CBW Automated Systems. After relocating to Fort Collins, Colorado with CBW, he retired in 1994 and returned home to Lecompton.
He married Elaine Banks on July 18, 1953. They celebrated 55 years together.
Survivors include a son, Norman Edward Daniels, Jr. and his wife Cindy of Lecompton and a daughter, Kay Taylor and her husband Terry of Russellville, Kentucky. Grandchildren, Beau Daniels & Hailey Neumueller of Crystal, Minnesota, Cheris & David Messerly of Lecompton, Brad Taylor of Paducah, Kentucky and Alex & Nicole Taylor of Auburn, Kentucky and great grandchildren, Barrett and Myles Daniels, Eliska, Esmarin and Damon Messerly and Violet Taylor.
A visitation will take place at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. Funeral Services will begin at 11 am, Graveside services will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, 1605 Oak Hill Ave, Lawrence, KS 66044.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Lawrence VNA or the Lecompton Historical Society, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home: P.O. Box 1260, Lawrence, KS 66044.
Online condolences made at rumsey-yost.com
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