Roger William Strange, of Seattle and formerly of Kentucky, died on July 4 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He was 61.

He was born on July 4, 1948 and was a U.S. veteran. He lived to help people and loved telling jokes and making people laugh; he also liked buying cars at auction to fix and resell.

He is survived by his sons Kelly, James and Harley Strange.

Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the graveside service at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 17 at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent. An online guest book is at www.cookfamilyfuneralhome.com.