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
| Bev Barringer-Ruggeri | Finn Bergishagen | Mary Louise Bergishagen | Sue Boyd |
| Bobbi Brandt | Freda Burks | Sandra Campbell | Margery Cook |
| Joan Deibler | Pat Dohr | James Dok | Sharon Dok |
| Sally Elkins | A Kenneth Engle | Melody Fair | Roy Fair |
| Randy Frederiksen | Sue Frischmann | Kirk Joiner | Frank Kovalic |
| Claudia Lane | Sanda Launey | Carol Makowski | Donald C Martin |
| Robert (Gene) McDonald | Jean Spaulding-McWilliams | Norine Noonan | Robert Opeka |
| Claudia Orlandi | Brian Pechtold | Jerry Rush | 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 | Mary Jane Booth | Robert Booth |
| Marjorie Brandt | Joseph Braun | Mercedes Braun | Norman Buchar |
| Velma Buchar | Claire Clowe | 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 | Virginia Kovalic | Anne Lindsay |
| Mary Marischen | John McDowell | Kenneth McWilliams | Diane Malenfant |
| Pinkeyes Navar | Ruth Paule | William Rider | Lorraine Russell |
| William R Russell | Joan Scholtz | Effie Seitz | Emil Seitz |
| Jean Sheehy | Mary Jo Shields | Leonard Skolnick | Marjorie Skolnick |
| Howard Smith | Beverly Stockfelt | Chris Teeter | Ann Thain |
| Ruth Turner | Joan Urban | James White | Barbara Wicklund |
| Knox Williams | Lena Wray |