Dale A. Boose, beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away at home in the loving care of his family on February 17 ^th , 2022.

Born in Seattle in 1932, Dale was a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest. He graduated in December 1950 from Roosevelt High School in Seattle and earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Washington State College in 1955. At Washington State, he was active in student government and was elected student body President in his senior year. A member of the Air Force ROTC, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on his graduation, and served four years as a pilot for the Strategic Air Command, flying B-47 bombers from bases in Texas and Kansas. After leaving the Air Force, Dale had a 30-year career at the Boeing Company, working in both the Aerospace and Commercial Airplane divisions, and rising to the Director of Training for the Commercial Airplane Division before he retired. He was committed to education, and was appointed to several state boards for vocational education by Governors Booth Gardner and Mike Lowry. He also taught small-business management courses at Bellevue Community College for many years.

In July of 1955, Dale married his childhood sweetheart, Joani Karrer, who was his lifelong partner through more than 66 years of marriage. Together, they built a loving family of three children—Carol Lider (Kirk), David (Linda Beane-Boose), and Robert—seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Dale loved being outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. He was a lifelong skier, served on the Ski Patrol at Stevens Pass in high school and at Ski Acres (now Summit Central) for many years, and was an avalanche rescue trainer for the National Ski Patrol. He loved hiking in the Cascades, and took the family on several extended canoe trips on the lakes of southern British Columbia. Summer weekends usually found him at the family cabin north of Langley, on Whidbey Island, cutting and splitting wood, cooking pancakes on the wood stove, or "taking his kite for a walk" on the beach at low tide. When he retired, Dale and Joani built a new "little red cabin" near the original family one, and spent most of their time there. Dale volunteered at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, and he and Joani were longtime supporters of the Whidbey Camano Land Trust. They were instrumental in helping to create and maintain the Saratoga Woods preserve. When not at Whidbey, Dale and Joani took many road trips through the American Southwest, in southern British Columbia and Alberta, and to Alaska and back.

In addition to Joani and their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, Dale leaves behind his brother Lynn, of Portland, Oregon. He will also be missed by the many friends, co-workers, and others whose lives he touched. Memorial contributions are welcome at the Whidbey Camano Land Trust (https://www.wclt.org/).