Bruce John Humphrey |
| Posted 2026-04-05 by mhenderson |
| Published by The Miner on Apr. 2, 2026 - Kingman, Arizona - Bruce John Humphrey passed away Thursday, March 26, 2026. A resident of Kingman, Arizona since 2013, Bruce was born in Skokie, Illinois and was the middle child of three boys. Bruce received his bachelor's of arts in biology from North Park College in 1969. On Aug. 12, 1967, Bruce married Evelyn and moved from Chicago to the woods of Wisconsin. Bruce loved science. His first job was at Fisher Scientific, which provided laboratory equipment for scientific research. From there, Bruce became a Special Projects Manager at Nova Tran working with a parylene process to protect delicate spacecraft components such as the camera for the Mars Orbiter. Seeing the potential of this process for conservation, Bruce collaborated with organizations throughout the world to protect rare artifacts. He traveled to the Arctic to preserve 45-million-year- old pinecones, safeguarded items salvaged from the Titanic expedition and traveled to Russia to help preserve books damaged during the devastating Leningrad Library fire of 1988. Bruce’s hobbies included hiking and cross-country skiing, rock collecting and cave exploration, playing folk songs on his 12 string Gibson guitar, volunteering at the local library in Wisconsin, and traveling for five years in his RV with his wife Evelyn. Bruce is survived by his wife, son, daughter, and granddaughter. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kingman Area Food Bank. |
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