"Bear" Sidney Ulysses Stratos

"Bear" Sidney Ulysses Stratos, age 63, of Union, died June 12, 2013, at his home. A viewing will take place on Wednesday from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. A celebration of his life will be held on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Catherine Creek State Park.

Bear was born on May 13, 1950 in Hoopa, California and was raised by loving parents, George Stratos, Jr and Caroline and Frank Montgomery in California. He was one of 19 children. He was a lifelong student and was currently near earning his Master's degree. He came to Oregon in the early 1970's and moved to the Catherine Creek/Medical Springs area. On July 26, 1986 he married Cheryl Paprock in Roseburg. He worked for the forest service in range services and loved being in the outdoors. He was also a fire fighter and ran prison crews for the forest service. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working cows and building fence. He loved his Harley Davidson and working on it when he had the time and enjoyed watching westerns with his daughter.

Survivors include his wife, Cheryl of Union; children, Caroline Katherine Stratos of La Grande, Jason Stratos of Yreka, California and Jona Lynn Stratos of Redding, California; four granddaughters; one grandson; two great grandchildren; sister, Marjeana Caroline Whitson and other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by Caroline and Frank Montgomery, a son Sidney "Shotgun" Stratos in 1998 and father, George Stratos Jr three years ago.

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