Dale B. Larson was tragically taken from his family & friends on Friday, September 13, 2013. He was 79.

Dale was born December 11, 1933 in Grenora, North Dakota, to Charles B. Larson & Grace Luella (Flesjer) Larson. In the late 30’s the family moved to Fort Peck Montana, where Charles worked on the Public Works dam project, part of FDR’s New Deal. They moved again to Bellevue, finally settled in the Snoqualmie Valley in the early 40’s.

Dale attended school in North Bend and Snoqualmie where he met Sharon Cowles in the 7th grade. They were high school sweethearts, graduating from Mt. Si High School in 1952 and were married January 1, 1955. Other than a 2 year period when Dale was in the navy, they were never apart.

Dale & Sharon made their home in the Brookside Acres neighborhood in North Bend, where they raised two girls, Wendy & Sande. His parents lived across the street, and his siblings in nearby towns before they moved on.

Dale’s working career was quite varied…. driving dump truck and building roads for Weyerhauser, deliveries & sales for Johnson Austin, years with Renton Issaquah Auto Freight, Moller Motors in Snoqualmie, retiring from Lumbermen’s in 1992.

In his early years he enjoyed hunting, riding motorcycles, and spending time with family and friends. Dale was fortunate to have lived in the valley nearly his entire life and was therefore surrounded by lifelong friends. For the past several years, he could regularly be found in town for coffee or lunch with many of these friends. A wonderful group who were all dear to his heart, he could never be late to go meet with the ‘boys’ to swap stories, gossip, or whatever they talked about. Dale’s passion for cars lasted his entire life. Too numerous to count how many there actually were over the years, but this last one: The ’54 Ford hotrod was truly his pride.

He and Sharon took many trips together with good friends throughout Europe and South America. They particularly enjoyed taking cruises, traveling to Alaska and through the Panama Canal to name a few.

Dale is survived by his wife Sharon, daughters Wendy Stokosa of North Bend and Sande Mia from Santa Barbara, son-in-law Rolando Mia and 2 grandchildren Sarah and Jordan Mia. Siblings Jackie Folsom of Puyallup, Charlene (Milt) Fitch and Gary (Bonnie) Larson from East Wenatchee, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and his dearly beloved French Bulldog ‘Charlie’.

A celebration of life service will be held for Dale on Saturday September 28th at 11am, at the Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church in Fall City. Reception immediately following. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society or the Puget Sound Blood Center. www.snoqualmievalleychapel.com