Dale Eugene Karpyak was born to Adam and Lydia (Jore) Karpyak on December 26, 1952 in Watford City, ND. Dale attended school in Watford City and graduated from high school in 1970. Dale enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1971 and was honorably discharged in 1972.
Dale and Vicki Harmon were married on August 10, 1974 in Watford City, ND where they lived and raised their three children. They recently purchased a home East of Bismarck, ND, where they intended to live out their next adventures. Dale died unexpectedly on January 2, 2020.
Dale was a machinist, a skill he inherited from his father. There was very little he couldn’t build or “fix”. He also had a passion for cars, specifically classic cars. He always had a project in the works. He was a motorcycle enthusiast and taught his children and grandchildren to ride mini-bikes, 3-wheelers and 4-wheelers as a rite of passage. It was almost a full-time job keeping everything running. Each Thursday morning in the summer Dale could be found at the golf course golfing in the Old Farts League, enjoying a not too competitive game of golf and connecting with friends. Dale loved to sail and purchased a sailboat which he sailed at Fort Stevenson. Dale and Vicki enjoyed the lake life and own a lake home at Tobacco Gardens Bay, where they spent countless hours entertaining and enjoying friends and family.
Dale loved his community and his country. He served on the City Council and was chairman of the building committee when the Veterans Building was constructed. Dale served as a Sunday school teacher for several years and was currently a member of the American Legion Post 29 Drill Team.
Dale was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Myrna Ayres and father-in-law Roger Harmon.
He is survived by his wife Vicki, daughters Shaleesha and children Josh, Alydia, Chandler, Dominic, Marisol and Sophie, Lindsay (Chris) Schroeder and their children Olivia, Ella, Audra and Mya, and son Adam (Susan) and children Jameson and Eden, great-grandchildren Deegan, Eliana, Lucca, Della, Djuna, Camden, Piper and Aubree, parents-in-law David and Donna Lou Sanford and Phyllis Harmon, sister JoAnne (Dale) Garmann, brothers Steve (Linda), Joe and Bryon, sister-in-law Tanya (Larry) Andersen, brothers-in-law Jay Sanford, Steve (Laura) Sanford, Roger (Wanda) Harmon and Brian (Norly) Harmon, as well as many nieces and nephews.