Dale Hoggins: A life well-lived, immersed in service

Every year, like clockwork, Edmonds Cemetery board president Dale Hoggins would amble up to the podium in City Council chambers to remind citizens of the upcoming Memorial Day ceremony at the Edmonds Cemetery.

Many hearing Hoggins might not have known about Hoggins’ backstory. But it’s one that paralleled the growth of Edmonds – and included one grand moment of football history.

Hoggins is being remembered after his death on April 22, three days before his 94^th birthday, and spent his last few years at the Richmond Beach Adult Family Home.

Dale Edwin Hoggins was born on April 25, 1932, in White Swan, Washington, but lived in Edmonds most of his life. An Edmonds Tiger, he graduated in 1950 and was a member of the 1949 undefeated championship football team. Go, Tigers!

Hoggins’ long service to Edmonds and the state included serving on numerous boards and coaching youth sports. He was a teacher and principal in the Edmonds School District for 30 years – Mountlake Terrace, Chase Lake, and Snoline elementaries – and was recognized as Edmonds Citizen of the Year by the Edmonds City Council, the Sno-King Kiwanis Club of Edmonds, and the Edmonds Senior Kiwanis Club.

He was inducted into the Edmonds-Woodway Hall of Fame in 2018 for his contributions to the community.

He was a member of Edmonds United Methodist Church; Edmonds Friends of the Library; Edmonds South County Historical Society; Alderwood Manor Heritage Association; and past president of Lynnwood Rotary.

A Republican, he served in the State House of Representatives from 1967 to 1975.

His was a life well-lived. He will be buried at the Edmonds Cemetery.

You can read the full obituary at Edmonds Beacon.com.  It will also run in the May 14^th paper.