Gary Strahan

Gary Francis Strahan, age 85, passed away on June 30, 2025. Gary was born in 1940 to Bus and Maxine Strahan in Wayne, Nebraska. Even after moving to California with his family, Gary always thought of Nebraska as his home. From the age of fourteen, he would take the bus back every summer from California to Nebraska to help his grandmother with the family farm in Albion, Nebraska. After graduating high school, Gary attended the local college for a year and then decided to join the Navy.

He spent 9 years in the Navy and served on the first US submarine to surface at the North Pole. He was stationed in New London, Connecticut, where he met and married the love of his life, Joanne Klimanowski, in 1963. His oldest son, Joseph was born in 1964, followed by Kimberly in 1965, and Christopher in 1967. 

After discharging from the Navy in 1967, he took a job with Honeywell and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. His youngest daughter, Mary-Sue, was born in 1971. 

Gary spent the next several years raising his family and working for Honeywell, then Prime Computers, and finally the Bureau of Land Management, where he retired after a successful career. 

Gary enjoyed hunting with his family and friends and spending time outdoors hiking, fishing, hunting, and camping. He also got his private pilot's license and loved his time flying for the Civil Air Patrol. He also loved spending time with his family and friends skiing and riding his bicycle. 

Gary is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Joanne, their four children, nine grandchildren: Dan, Juliette, Sophia, Alex, Kira, Max, Zeke, Zech and Derek, and one great-grandson, Gino. He is also survived by his four siblings, Mary Susan, Patricia, Timothy, and Daniel. 

A celebration of life and Rosary will be held Friday, July 11, 2025 at 5:00pm at FRENCH - Lomas. Funeral Mass will be held Monday, July 14, 2025 at 10:00am at Our Lady of Annunciation Parish, followed by interment in Santa Fe National Cemetery at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Gary Sinse Foundation at garysinsefoundation.org.

Gary Francis Strahan

Sailed the Seas, Flew the Skies

Loved life and the God that gave it to him