HALVOR EINAR "HAL" DAHL

1924 - 2007

BORN

1924

DIED

2007

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Evans Funeral Chapel - Anacortes

1105 32nd Street

Anacortes, Washington

HALVOR DAHL Obituary

Halvor "Hal" Einar Dahl, 83, of Anacortes died quietly Oct. 14, 2007, in Anacortes.

Hal was born April 10, 1924, in Seattle, the son of Norwegian immigrants John and Hanna (Eskil) Dahl. Hal grew up in the Roosevelt neighborhood of Seattle. There he met his wife of 64 years, Betty. Following a six-year tour in the Navy during World War II as an aircraft mechanic that took him to Oklahoma and Saipan, Hal followed a diverse career path that included working at Seattle Transit, the Boeing Company and Seattle City Light from which he retired.

Hal had a lifelong passion for the outdoors and actively hunted and fished throughout the Northwest. He extended this outdoor interest to commercial beekeeping, winning awards for the honey he and Betty produced. After living most of their lives in Seattle, Hal and Betty moved to Guemes Island in 1987 and then to Anacortes, where they lived for the last 17 years.

Hal is survived by his wife Betty; son Norman Dahl of Olympia; daughters Krista Lien of Oak Harbor and Karen Dahl of Los Angeles; and grandchildren Eric Dahl, Katy Lassey, Nicholas Lassey, Spencer Lien and Julian Dahl.

A memorial service is 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Seafarers' Memorial Park, 601 14th St., Anacortes.

Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Anacortes. To share memories of Hal, please sign the online guest register at www.evanschapel.com.

Published by Skagit Valley Herald on Oct. 24, 2007.
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Hal & Bets were my “parents-away-from-home” in the 70’ies when I was a young stew with Scandinavian Airlines and had many stopovers in Seattle on the DC-10.

Oh, those were such happy days in 3848 Ave SW - frolicking with teenagers Krista and Karen in my Camaro.

After returning to European flights, I revisited in 1989 and things were as usual. Next visit was 2000, and I was very relieved to find them just as before, although Hal “mentioned” having to pull out his driver’s licence to find out what his name was… We always used to kid around, only later I realized that there was a grain of truth in it.

In 1976 (I think) before my first trip to Seattle, a distant relative (sister of Hal’s mother) heard about the event from her granddaughter who also happened to be my classmate. She contacted my mother, wishing that I could bring along x-mas presents.

That was the first time I learned about my relatives in Seattle, and we had a grand time. Karen promptly asked if I liked lutefisk, and I replied “only small amounts doused with lotsa bacon”. Seems Hal had told her that all native Norwegians loved the dish…

The genealogy is as follows (only our two lines of descent):
1) Halvor Dahl, Hanna Johansen, Peder Johansen, Johan Eskildsen, Eschild Johan Johansen.
2) Gunvor Olsen (ma), Hilberg Olsen, Ole H Karlsen, Karl Eskildsen, Eschild Johan Johansen.

So - our common forefather was born in 1785! Recall taking a picture of his tombstone at the old Andenes graveyard to show Hal. Indeed a small world, ain’t it…

Bets is a wonderful person, and she meant the world to me at the time when I was young and restless. Bless her forever and ever! She is indeed an angel.

Evelyn Bakken

October 30, 2007

Hal & Bets were my “parents-away-from-home” in the 70’ies when I was a young stew with Scandinavian Airlines and had many stopovers in Seattle flying the DC-10 to LAX.

Oh those were such happy days in 3848 Ave SW, frolicking with teenagers Krista and Karen in my Camaro.

After returning to European flights, I visited in 1989 and things were as usual. Next visit was 2000, and I was very relieved to find them just as before, although Hal “mentioned” having to pull out his driver’s licence to find out what his name was… We always used to kid around, only later did I realize there was a grain of truth in it.

In 1976 before my first trip to Seattle, a distant relative (sister of Hal’s mother) heard about the event from her granddaughter who also happened to be my classmate. She contacted my mother, wishing that I could bring along x-mas presents.

That was the first time I learned about my relatives in Seattle, and we had a grand time. Karen promptly asked if I liked lutefisk, and I replied “only small amounts doused with lotsa bacon”. Seems Hal had told her that all native Norwegians loved the dish…

The genealogy is as follows (only our two lines of descent):
1) Halvor Dahl, Hanna Johansen, Peder Johansen, Johan Eskildsen, Eschild Johan Johansen.
2) Gunvor Olsen (ma), Hilberg Olsen, Ole H Karlsen, Karl Eskildsen, Eschild Johan Johansen.

So - our common forefather was born in 1785! Recall taking a picture of his tombstone at the old Andenes graveyard to show Hal. Indeed a small world, ain’t it…

Bets is a wonderful person, and she meant the world to me at the time when I was young and restless. Bless her forever and ever!
She is indeed an angel.

Evelyn Bakken

October 30, 2007

Hal was the best next-door neighbor
a person could have! (Betty was pretty darned wonderful too.) St. Marys Drive was a better place because of Hal's and Betty's presence.

Harriet Hoffman

October 24, 2007

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