Richard Humphries

01/08/1931 - 09/12/2010

HUMPHRIES, Richard "Dick" Wenatchee, WA Richard "Dick" Humphries was born January 8, 1931, in Wenatchee, WA to Cecil and Lucille Humphries. He passed away September 12, 2010, in Wenatchee. Dick attended schools in Wenatchee, graduating from Wenatchee High School. He continued his education at Wenatchee Valley Junior College, where he played on the 1950-1951 Wenatchee Valley Knights Football team, and he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Education at Western Washington State College. He later received his Master of Arts in Education from Eastern Washington State College in Cheney. Dick joined the U.S. Army and achieved the rank of Sergeant while being stationed in Austria. He met his wife, Frances Uhlir, in Salzburg, Austria, while stationed there. He married her in the U.S. on December 29, 1953. After returning to the States, he went on to become a Teacher, Coach, and, eventually, Principal for Pateros High School. While at Pateros High, Dick was the Head Football, Basketball and Baseball Coach from 1955 to 1962. He was later employed as Principal at Liberty (Spangle) High School and as a Guidance and Athletic Administrator for Columbia Basin Community College in Pasco, spending 30 years in Education overall. Dick was the JV Basketball and Baseball Coach at Columbia Basin College from 1965 to 1968 and went on to become the Director of Guidance at Columbia Basin College from 1972 to 1986. He served as Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) Athletic Commissioner from 1968 to 1986, and was elected to the NWAACC Hall of Fame in 1989. Dick enjoyed playing, coaching and watching sports of all kinds. He also enjoyed the outdoors with the family, as well as attending family get-togethers. He played lots of golf in his retirement with both family and friends. Dick enjoyed traveling to places all over the U.S. and Europe. He loved being with his family and he also enjoyed the company of numerous friends. Dick was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Frances; sons, Ken of Spokane, WA and Keith (wife, Sandy) of Puyallup, WA; daughter, Kay Topp (husband, Les) of Olympia, WA; grandchildren, Gina, Emily, Tommy, Will, Katelyn, Tyler and Alison; sisters, Gloria Murren (husband, Virgil) of Wenatchee and Janet Dechand (husband, Ed, deceased) of Wenatchee; brother, Pat (wife, Becky) of Chattaroy, WA; and numerous nephews and nieces. There will be No Formal Service. Any memorial donations may be made to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018.