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Robert W. Strickler

Robert W. Strickler

Passed: February 21, 2000

ROBERT WARREN STRICKLER, class of 1940 Born 10 Feb 1923 Died 21 Feb 2000 Graduated from Hershey Junior College in 1942. Graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1946, class of 1947 Buried in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego CA, Plot CBE 3 250. The inscription says: US NAVY LCDR WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM.

ROBERT W. STRICKLER: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice The San Diego Union-Tribune, (CA) – Thursday, February 24, 2000 Deceased Name: ROBERT W. STRICKLER Feb. 10, 1923-Feb. 21, 2000 Retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert W. Strickler, 77, of La Mesa died Monday. He was born in York, Pa. Cmdr. Strickler was retired after working as a teacher at Bonita Vista Junior High School from 1967 to 1986. He served in the Navy from 1946 to 1966 and belonged to the Naval Academy Alumni Association and the Milton Hershey School Alumni Association.

Survivors include his former wife, Irene Strickler of La Mesa; daughter, Karen A. Barney of La Mesa; sons, Robert W. Strickler Jr. of Tampa, Fla., and Gary Strickler of Toms River, N.J.; brother, James Strickler of Albuquerque, N.M.; and four grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Conrad Lemon Grove Mortuary, 7387 Broadway, Lemon Grove.

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