Dale Humphreys

Dale Humphreys, 85,

longtime Minot insurance

agency manager died on

Wednesday, September 1,

2021 in his home with his

loving family at his side.

Dale Carlyle Hum-

phreys was born on

March 24, 1936 in Wash-

ington, Iowa to Fred and

Ruby (Myers) Humphreys.

He was raised on a farm

near Wyman, Iowa and at-

tended school in Wyman,

graduating in 1953 and

continued his education

at the University of North-

ern Iowa. As a student he

was employed by area

farmers and on a concrete

construction crew. As a

young adult he was em-

ployed as an automobile

salesman, and in farm fer-

tilizer and chemicals sales

and their application in

the Winfield, Iowa area.

Dale married Wilma

Marie McFarland on

February 8, 1958 at the

Little Bit of Heaven Wed-

ding Chapel in Davenport,

Iowa. They made their

home in Olds, Winfield,

Fredonia and Wyman in

Iowa while Dale was a

Farm Bureau Insurance

Agent. Then, as a field

underwriter, claims pro-

cessor and served as a

teaching agent for a sub-

stantial portion in Iowa.

The family moved to

Janesville, Minnesota in

1964 and in 1971 to Clo-

quet, MN where Dale was

the assistant manager of

the Cloquet Northern In-

surance Agency. In 1974

they moved to Litchfield,

MN where Dale was

manager of the Litchfield

State Bank Insurance

Agency.

The family moved to

Minot in 1977 and Dale

was the manager of the

Union Insurance Agency.

In 1980 the agency be-

came First Insurance,

then later Reidman In-

surance and Brown and

Brown Insurance Agen-

cies. Dale served as re-

gional manager as well as

on the Board of Directors

of these agencies. He re-

tired in 2001. Wilma died

on June 21, 2016.

In the communities

where Dale resided he

was active in the Metho-

dist or Presbyterian

Churches, chambers of

commerce, bowling asso-

ciations, youth sports,

especially hockey and Ro-

tary. Dale was a long-

standing member of the

Masons, with membership

in Star In The West Lodge

#33. Dale was a member

of the ND and Minot

Bowling Associations

(President) and was in-

ducted into the Minot

Bowling Hall of Fame.

Dale served on the Board

of Directors and as

President of the Minot

Hockey Boosters and was

inducted into the Minot

Hockey Hall of Fame. He

was a member of Vincent

United Methodist Church

and former member of

Faith Methodist and

North Hill Methodist

Churches where he was a

trustee and lay leader. He

especially enjoyed travel,

camping, bowling, hunt-

ing, fishing and golf. Dale

and Wilma had traveled

to all fifty states as well as

several overseas locations

and had spent twenty

winters in Harlingen, TX

and Yuma, AZ where they

enjoyed the warm weather

and relaxing in their pool.

Dale’s loving family in-

cludes: his children,

Jacqueline (Dr. Thomas)

Slagle, Michael (Kim)

Humphreys, David (Stacy)

Humphreys and Tanya

Humphreys all of Minot;

grandchildren: Jennifer

(Thomas) Talbert, Joshua

Slagle, Megan Humphreys

(Shane Sullivan), Maken-

zie Humphreys, Amber

(Scott) Steffen, Angela

(Phil) Gustafson, Ashley

Macy, Kelsey (Ryley) Ber-

cier and Tyler Hum-

phreys, Katherine, Eliza-

beth, and Sophia George;

great-grandchildren: Lan-

don, Mason, Remy, Car-

ter, Trae, Kanye, Haylee,

Kaylee, Addison, Dresden,

Gabriel, Reese, Rylee,

Ryann, Regan, Lyndon,

McKenna, Mariah and

Madisyn, Audrey; in-laws:

Lucille Humphreys of

Wyman, Iowa and Dick

(Bebe) McFarland of Ains-

worth, Iowa and several

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Dale was preceded in

death by: his parents,

wife, daughter: Teresa,

great-granddaughter:

Brylee; siblings: Robert

Humphreys and Jean (Jim)

Austin and

parents-in-law: Robert

and Katherine McFarland.

Celebration of the Life

of Dale Humphreys: Tues-

day, September 7, 2021 at

11:00 a.m. at Vincent Un-

ited Methodist Church,

Minot or viewed live

stream at

www.vincentumc.com.

Following the service

lunch will be served.

Interment will be at

Sunset Memorial Gar-

dens, Minot.

Visitation: Monday

from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00

p.m. at Thomas Family

Funeral Home – Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to Vincent United Metho-

dist Church Sowers of

Love, Trinity Cancer Care

or the American

Leukemia Foundation.

Memories and con-

dolences may be shared at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.