A service will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2002, in Willamette National Cemetery for Howard Lynn Strohecker, who died April 29 at age 76.

Mr. Strohecker was born Nov. 8, 1925, in Portland. He graduated from Lincoln High School. He served in the Army for 35 years, including during World War II and in the Korean and Vietnam wars. A graduate of West Point, he was a building contractor in Savannah, Ga., before returning in 1992 to Portland, where he worked at Strohecker's, the family grocery store. About 1991, he married Mary Fairchild.

Survivors include his wife; sons, Brad and Scott; and brothers, Wayne and Keith. His son Geoffrey died in 1998.

Remembrances to American Cancer Society. Arrangements by Mt. Scott.

Link to the Obituary The Oregonian May 3, 2002.