Clifford Oscar Stranburg, MD

November 4, 1936 - January 16, 2021

Clifford O. Stranburg, M.D. passed away on January 16, 2021 in Beaverton, OR. He was 84 years old. Cliff was born on November 4, 1936 in Jamestown, NY and graduated in 1954 from Jamestown High School. After high school Cliff enlisted in United States Navy at the age of 17 and served as a Sonar-man from 1954 to 1957 primarily on the USS Dashiell. Cliff attended Allegheny College in Meadesville, PA and earned a Bachelor of Science degree, graduating in 1961. As an athlete he lettered in football, basketball and baseball and participated in the United States Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp. He was awarded Allegheny College Athlete of the Year and Distinguished Military Graduate of 1961 and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the USAF Reserves. He attended Syracuse University Medical School from 1961 to 1965 and served his residency at Hennepin County Hospital in Minnesota from 1965 to 1969. In 1970 Cliff attained Medical Doctor Specialty designation and served residency in Urology at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR until 1971. Cliff founded and practiced medicine at the Northwest Urological Clinic PC in Portland and McMinnville from 1971 to 2013. A consummate listener who never uttered an ill word of any person. He was passionate about history and inanimate things like classic cars, U.S. Civil War history, Juke Boxes and Poetry. He was equally compassionate of all living things from Newfoundland dogs, Alaskan moose, Redwood sempervirens, Trillium flowers and Mason bees. Cliff was both a gentleman and a gentle man - a nurturer and a pot-stirrer who would willingly discuss any subject to continue his life-long education while generously sharing his knowledge with those he met along the way. He applied the basic precept of the ancient Greek Hippocratic oath of medical practice to how he lived his life: “First Do No Harm.” He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Julie Olsen Stranburg as well as his stepson’s family Robert, Chanly and Cody George, his stepbrother Robert Shirley and family. Cliff will be missed by the hundreds of patients he cared for, by the numerous organizations to which he belonged, and by those to whom he offered his always carefully considered guidance to.