Craig Allan Hedlund

Craig Allan Hedlund passed away on July 13th, 2015, surrounded by all of his family from complications from a stroke.

Craig was born July 1, 1951 in Mount Vernon, Wa. He was raised on a dairy farm in Stanwood until he moved to Everett in 1968. He married Margaret (Dunn) on January 4, 1972. He graduated from Everett High School in 1969 and Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, IA.

He practiced in Smokey Point for 32 years and retired in 2012. He truly loved his profession and cared deeply for every person he treated.

Craig was a fun and funny guy. He always made someone around him laugh. He loved to cook and had a real knack for seasoning. His motto was “You can always cook it more, just don’t ruin it by over-cooking it”. He loved to travel and play cribbage with whoever would play. Grandchildren were the icing on the cake of life. They all learned to say Papa before anything else.

Craig loved to golf. He golfed whenever he could and it was such a joy when his sons started to play and were old enough to play “with” him. He was a member of the Arlington Rotary Club for over 20 years where he made so many wonderful friends for life.

Craig is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Margaret Hedlund; his 4 children, Crystal (Anthony) Davenport, Tony (Sarah), Matthew and Alexander Hedlund; his grandchildren, Baylee Hedlund, Jackson and William Davenport & Josie Chapman; his mother, Velma Hedlund; brothers, Lloyd, Bob and Jim Hedlund; his best friend & brother-in-law, Lyle Ryan; his in-laws, Bob (Rena) Dunn, PJ Ryan, Larry Dunn & Theresa (Stan) Groomer, many cousins and many great friends.

Please join us for a celebration of his life on Saturday July 18th - 2:00 pm at Evergreen Funeral Home and Cemetery, 4504 Broadway, Everett, WA.

Memorial donations in Craig’s name can be made to:

The Bill and Patty Dunn Scholarship Fund c/o Greater Everett Community Foundation. 2823 Rockefeller, Everett, WA 98201 or The Arlington Rotary Foundation Haller Splash Park PO Box 3592, Arlington, WA. 98223.

I’d like the memory of me

to be a happy one.

I’d like to leave an after glow

of smiles when life is done.

I’d like to leave an echo

whispering softly down the ways,

of happy times and laughing times

and bright and sunny days.

I’d like the tears of those who grieve,

to dry before the sun

of happy memories

that I leave when life is done.