In Memory

Roger Strickland

Roger Strickland

STRICKLAND, Roger, , 49, of Platteville died Feb. 9, 2011, at Longmont United Hospital. Cremation has been entrusted to Howe Mortuary and Cremation Services. Private services will be held.
 

 

Publish date: 2/10/2011

June 30, 1961 — Feb. 9, 2011
  RogerSTRICKLAND of Platteville, Colorado, died February 9, 2011, at Longmont United Hospital. He was 49.

Roger Dale was born June 30, 1961, in Detroit, Michigan, to Richard Dale and Dorothy J. (Hlavac) Strickland. Roger attended school in Longmont and graduated from Niwot High School. He then attended Front Range Junior College in Westminster and Longmont.

Roger was a volunteer at Front Range and worked for many years in the campus library. He became a library technician and was a valuable resource to faculty and students on the campus. Over the years, Roger got to know many people in the community and was friends with many. He was a bartender at A Bit of Billiards and also was a repair and recycling technician for his own business, working with printer cartridges. Roger enjoyed boating, fishing and studying about weapons.

Roger was preceded in death by his mother. He is survived by his father of Platteville; a brother, Clifford Andrew Strickland and his wife Pat of Dallas, Texas; and two nieces: Amanda and Alysia.

Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Howe Mortuary and Cremation Services. The family is planning private services at a future time.