Life Membership
Life membership is awarded to those BHCA members who have been voting members for at least 25 cumulative years, are voting members at the time of nomination, are at least 55 years of age, have made an outstanding contribution of service to BHCA as an officer, board member, and/or committee person, and who through participation in a variety of activities have made a significant positive contribution towards promoting the perfection of the natural qualities of Purebred Basset Hounds.
The Life Membership committee selects the nominees and the Board then makes the final selection each year. New Life Members are announced and honored at the Club's Annual Meeting & Dinner.
Life Members of the BHCA
| Gail Allen | Bev Barringer-Ruggeri | Mary Louise Bergishagen | Sue Boyd |
| Bobbi Brandt | Freda Burks | Sandra Campbell | Joan Deibler |
| Pat Dohr | James Dok | Sharon Dok | Sally Elkins |
| A Kenneth Engle | Melody Fair | Roy Fair | Randy Frederiksen |
| Sue Frischmann | Kirk Joiner | Claudia Lane | Sanda Launey |
| Carol Makowski | Robert (Gene) McDonald | Richard Nance | Norine Noonan |
| Claudia Orlandi | Brian Pechtold | Joani Rush | Ed Smizer |
| Mary Smizer | Sue Smyth | Doc Steedle | Vicki Steedle |
| Claire (Kitty) Steidel | Elsie Tagg | Mimi Tysseling | Norm Wiginton |
| Wanda White | Bette Williams |
Deceased Life Members
| Bob Arbs | Peter Bach | Mona Ball | Evelyn Bassett |
| Richard Bassett | Ruth Bateman | Finn Bergishagen | Mary Jane Booth |
| Robert Booth | Marjorie Brandt | Joseph Braun | Mercedes Braun |
| Norman Buchar | Velma Buchar | Claire Clowe | Margery Cook |
| Col. Julian Dexter | Norman Engle | Andre McE Field | Dale K Fleming |
| Jams S Fornay | Loren Free | Patricia Gellerman | Hettie Page Garwood |
| John Andrew Hackley | Benjamin J Harris | Jeanne Hills | Michael Holly |
| Mildred Houchin | Carol Ann Hunt | Doris Hurry | Betty Kinslow |
| Frank Kovalic | Virginia Kovalic | Anne Lindsay | Mary Marischen |
| John McDowell | Kenneth McWilliams | Diane Malenfant | Donald C Martin |
| Pinkey Navar | Robert J Opeka | Ruth Paule | William Rider |
| Jerry Rush | Lorraine Russell | William R Russell | Joan Scholtz |
| Effie Seitz | Emil Seitz | Jean Sheehy | Mary Jo Shields |
| Leonard Skolnick | Marjorie Skolnick | Howard Smith | Jean Spaulding-McWilliams |
| Beverly Stockfelt | Chris Teeter | Ann Thain | Ruth Turner |
| Joan Urban | James White | Barbara Wicklund | Knox Williams |
| Lena Wray |