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Friends, Family to Tip a Beer to Celebrate Life of Local Postal Worker

Longtime deliveryman Scott Badgley was an familiar presence in Edmonds for more than 25 years.

When doctors performed a stem-cell transplant on Scott Badgley on Sept. 8, they told him if all went well he’d be able to drink a beer after 100 days.

“He said, ‘I want to go to Diamond Knot and have an IPA,’ ” recalls his wife, Lori. “Well, he never got to have that 100th day.”

Badgley, a longtime U.S. Postal Service worker and union leader in Edmonds, succumbed to lymphoma on Sept. 23 at age 59.

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After his death, Lori decided to celebrate her husband’s life in a location she was sure he would approve—Diamond Knot Brewery & Alehouse in Mukilteo. The celebration of Scott Badgley's life is Oct. 9 from 3-6 p.m. at the brewery and tap room at 4602 Chenault Beach Rd, building 2.

Expect a large turnout. “He was the most dependable, fair, shop steward I’ve ever met,” said , a Postal Service employee who delivers mail downtown. “He was good guy and always there for you.”

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Badgley had a 27-year career as a letter carrier for the Postal Service, beginning at the Edmonds Post Office on Main Street. He spent the majority of his career delivering mail in the Firdale Village area. “He had the same route for 26 years, and he enjoyed seeing people on it,” said Lori. “It was one of the biggest in Edmonds.”

Lori, who was married to her husband for 33 years, says he served as a union officer for 26 of his 27 years with the Postal Service. “He was a union officer, treasurer, secretary and chairman of the board for Community 1st Credit Union. He was very involved in the union. He wanted to make things right for people. He was a shop steward, too, fight for people’s right in the union.”

Badgley—and Eagle Scout and Navy veteran—also helped those outside the Postal Service, said Lori, as he was involved in an annual food drive and raising funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

In addition to his wife, Badgley leaves behind two children, Scott and Chelsea; grandson Jackson; mother Anne; four siblings; and numerous nieces and nephews.

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