Services for Khamkhane Anonthysene, 88, Lawrence, will be at 12:00 p.m. (noon), Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. The cremation procession will follow the services.
Mr. Anonthysene died Sunday, January 25, 2026, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He was born August 4, 1937, in Khanthaburi District Province of Savanakhet, Laos. He was the son of Mr. Xienghack and Mrs. Sichanh Anonthysene. He graduated from the police academy with honors and was promoted to captain in 1975. The fall of Laos in 1975, he escaped to a refugee camp in Thailand, where he and the family waited for resettlement in the USA. The Church of the Brethren in Ottawa sponsored the family and settled in the USA in 1979, where he and the family became naturalized US citizens in 1986. He moved to Lawrence in 2005.
He married Bounnane in 1957. She survives of the home. They had six girls and one boy. They also had 12 grandkids and one great-grandchild.
Friends are welcome to join the Visitation on Friday, February 6th, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
