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James (Jim) Lewis Strickland © Alva Review-Courier 05-03-2023 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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James Lewis Strickland (Jim) was born in the old Alva Hospital on April 30, 1941, to Rex and Mary Strickland and passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 81 years, 11 months and 18 days.
Jim married his high school sweetheart Paula Jean Sims in 1959 and to this union was born a daughter (Kelli) and a son (Jeff). Jim lived around the Wichita, Kansas, area most of his life. For eight years he worked for Hyde Park Dairy as a rural dairy delivery man for the rural areas surrounding Wichita. Jim then attained his Welding Certification in 1968 and became an Iron Worker for EBY Construction working on some of the tallest buildings in Wichita, retiring in 2005.
Jim and Paula bought a farm in 1968 south of Wichita and Jim began building a 30-stall horse barn with the help of his son. The barn took four years to complete and was then used as a horse boarding business taking care of approximately 55 head of horses on the property. They also raised cattle, feeder pigs, and chickens, and Jim was an avid gardener raising huge vegetable gardens on the farm.
Jim had acquired his pilot's license in the 60's and enjoyed flying with his father, Rex Strickland, and brother, Tom Strickland, at the Alva Airport. In his later years Jim moved to Mount Hope, Kansas, where he helped with the Community Garden such as tilling, watering, weeding and harvesting the produce to deliver around the community.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Rex and Mary Strickland, ex-wife, Paula, his siblings, Arlene Rankin and Tom Strickland and great grandson, Hayden Brown.
He leaves behind his daughter, Kelli Brown and Mark Mains, son, Jeff and Lynne Strickland, grandchildren, Jeromy Brown, Regina Loyacano and Ken Thompson, Joshua Strickland, Jordan and Brooke Strickland, five great grandchildren and two great great granddaughters, sisters, Joyce Thurman and Carolyn Demaree, nieces and nephews.
A private burial was held at the Rex Strickland Family Plot at Short Spring Cemetery in Alfalfa County Oklahoma.
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