Richard David Banks, age 78 passed Monday, July 26, 2021. He was born January 6, 1943.
The Banks family lived on Jackson Street in Wichita, Kansas. Richard attended Irving, Horace Mann, and graduated from Wichita High School North in 1961.
In 1961 , the family moved to Oklahoma City. He graduated from Oklahoma University with a degree in Business Administration and served 4 years in the United States Air Force, earning the rank of SSGT.
After college, Richard was employed by the Federal Government Department of Interior maintaining plats of Federal lands located in Colorado .
After retiring, he and Edgar enjoyed traveling , camping, hiking and skiing in his colorful Colorado.
Richard ' s Mom taught him to quilt and he made many beautiful theme quilts for his family and friends. His Dad taught him to fix about everything!
Richard enjoyed his classmates at Wichita North High, helping plan decade reunions and several Colorado Coalition mini reunions.
He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Lucille Banks , brother Roger Banks , and most recently his daughter Wendy Banks.
He is survived by his life partner Edgar Samayoa, his sister Karen Merrick (Owensville, Missouri), son Jeremey Banks of Overland Park, Kansas, and his three children Joseph, Jordyn and Garrett.
A private family service was held.
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Note from Ragene Aldrich Moore:
Richard Banks completed his "mission" to have Edgar drive him to visit Ben and me, see as many classmates as possible on Monday at the North High Lunch Bunch gathering, then to visit his sister Karen in Missouri and attend his niece's wedding . While there, he was wanting to see and visit a lot of his relatives . He was very weak and had trouble walking on arrival to our home on July 11th . We had a great visit. They drove to Missouri on Tuesday morning to the Wednesday wedding and returned to our home on Thursday evening. Richard had markedly declined and went straight to bed, his mission accomplished. He awakened at 8:30 a.m. to return to their Colorado home on Friday after attempting to eat his favorite breakfast of Eggs Benedict (which he couldn't eat).
He declined greatly on t he way home, and Edgar called in Hospice for care. Richard passed on Monday, July 26th.
The Banks family lived on Jackson Street in Wichita, Kansas. Richard attended Irving, Horace Mann, and graduated from Wichita High School North in 1961.
In 1961 , the family moved to Oklahoma City. He graduated from Oklahoma University with a degree in Business Administration and served 4 years in the United States Air Force, earning the rank of SSGT.
After college, Richard was employed by the Federal Government Department of Interior maintaining plats of Federal lands located in Colorado .
After retiring, he and Edgar enjoyed traveling , camping, hiking and skiing in his colorful Colorado.
Richard ' s Mom taught him to quilt and he made many beautiful theme quilts for his family and friends. His Dad taught him to fix about everything!
Richard enjoyed his classmates at Wichita North High, helping plan decade reunions and several Colorado Coalition mini reunions.
He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Lucille Banks , brother Roger Banks , and most recently his daughter Wendy Banks.
He is survived by his life partner Edgar Samayoa, his sister Karen Merrick (Owensville, Missouri), son Jeremey Banks of Overland Park, Kansas, and his three children Joseph, Jordyn and Garrett.
A private family service was held.
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Note from Ragene Aldrich Moore:
Richard Banks completed his "mission" to have Edgar drive him to visit Ben and me, see as many classmates as possible on Monday at the North High Lunch Bunch gathering, then to visit his sister Karen in Missouri and attend his niece's wedding . While there, he was wanting to see and visit a lot of his relatives . He was very weak and had trouble walking on arrival to our home on July 11th . We had a great visit. They drove to Missouri on Tuesday morning to the Wednesday wedding and returned to our home on Thursday evening. Richard had markedly declined and went straight to bed, his mission accomplished. He awakened at 8:30 a.m. to return to their Colorado home on Friday after attempting to eat his favorite breakfast of Eggs Benedict (which he couldn't eat).
He declined greatly on t he way home, and Edgar called in Hospice for care. Richard passed on Monday, July 26th.
Richard David Banks, age 78 passed Monday, July 26, 2021. He was born January 6, 1943.
The Banks family lived on Jackson Street in Wichita, Kansas. Richard attended Irving, Horace Mann, and graduated from Wichita High School North in 1961.
In 1961 , the family moved to Oklahoma City. He graduated from Oklahoma University with a degree in Business Administration and served 4 years in the United States Air Force, earning the rank of SSGT.
After college, Richard was employed by the Federal Government Department of Interior maintaining plats of Federal lands located in Colorado .
After retiring, he and Edgar enjoyed traveling , camping, hiking and skiing in his colorful Colorado.
Richard ' s Mom taught him to quilt and he made many beautiful theme quilts for his family and friends. His Dad taught him to fix about everything!
Richard enjoyed his classmates at Wichita North High, helping plan decade reunions and several Colorado Coalition mini reunions.
He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Lucille Banks , brother Roger Banks , and most recently his daughter Wendy Banks.
He is survived by his life partner Edgar Samayoa, his sister Karen Merrick (Owensville, Missouri), son Jeremey Banks of Overland Park, Kansas, and his three children Joseph, Jordyn and Garrett.
A private family service was held.
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Note from Ragene Aldrich Moore:
Richard Banks completed his "mission" to have Edgar drive him to visit Ben and me, see as many classmates as possible on Monday at the North High Lunch Bunch gathering, then to visit his sister Karen in Missouri and attend his niece's wedding . While there, he was wanting to see and visit a lot of his relatives . He was very weak and had trouble walking on arrival to our home on July 11th . We had a great visit. They drove to Missouri on Tuesday morning to the Wednesday wedding and returned to our home on Thursday evening. Richard had markedly declined and went straight to bed, his mission accomplished. He awakened at 8:30 a.m. to return to their Colorado home on Friday after attempting to eat his favorite breakfast of Eggs Benedict (which he couldn't eat).
He declined greatly on t he way home, and Edgar called in Hospice for care. Richard passed on Monday, July 26th.
The Banks family lived on Jackson Street in Wichita, Kansas. Richard attended Irving, Horace Mann, and graduated from Wichita High School North in 1961.
In 1961 , the family moved to Oklahoma City. He graduated from Oklahoma University with a degree in Business Administration and served 4 years in the United States Air Force, earning the rank of SSGT.
After college, Richard was employed by the Federal Government Department of Interior maintaining plats of Federal lands located in Colorado .
After retiring, he and Edgar enjoyed traveling , camping, hiking and skiing in his colorful Colorado.
Richard ' s Mom taught him to quilt and he made many beautiful theme quilts for his family and friends. His Dad taught him to fix about everything!
Richard enjoyed his classmates at Wichita North High, helping plan decade reunions and several Colorado Coalition mini reunions.
He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Lucille Banks , brother Roger Banks , and most recently his daughter Wendy Banks.
He is survived by his life partner Edgar Samayoa, his sister Karen Merrick (Owensville, Missouri), son Jeremey Banks of Overland Park, Kansas, and his three children Joseph, Jordyn and Garrett.
A private family service was held.
___________________________________________________________
Note from Ragene Aldrich Moore:
Richard Banks completed his "mission" to have Edgar drive him to visit Ben and me, see as many classmates as possible on Monday at the North High Lunch Bunch gathering, then to visit his sister Karen in Missouri and attend his niece's wedding . While there, he was wanting to see and visit a lot of his relatives . He was very weak and had trouble walking on arrival to our home on July 11th . We had a great visit. They drove to Missouri on Tuesday morning to the Wednesday wedding and returned to our home on Thursday evening. Richard had markedly declined and went straight to bed, his mission accomplished. He awakened at 8:30 a.m. to return to their Colorado home on Friday after attempting to eat his favorite breakfast of Eggs Benedict (which he couldn't eat).
He declined greatly on t he way home, and Edgar called in Hospice for care. Richard passed on Monday, July 26th.
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