March 27, 1933-June 12, 2018
Ray C. Stratton 85 of Cape Coral, Florida passed away 6/12/18. He was born in Onondaga, NY and attended Solvay HS. He retired from USAF in 1973 after 20 years of proudly serving his country overseas in Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Okinawa, and Germany. When stationed in American Samoa he was in charge of ground support communication for Apollo 14. He received a B.A. in business and secondary degree from Columbia College. He retired from the USPS in Syracuse, NY in 1989 as supervisor of maintenance. He is preceded in death by his lovely wife Barbara (Tucker) of Solvay/Cape Coral and survived by son Michael C. of North East MD, his son John T. , daughter, Dianne L. Carr of Ft. Myers, FL and 5 grandchildren, John, Colleen, Tracy, Tim, and Ryan, great grandson, Mason, surviving brothers, Ken, Jerry, Ronnie and Bill all of Syracuse NY. Mr. Stratton’s remains will be placed alongside his wife Barbara in Arlington National cemetery, Arlington, VA with full military honors.