Obituary: Dodgen, Jay Dee
Age 51
He is survived by his mother Carlene SanMartin and husband Rudy SanMartin; brother Monte Dodgen; sister Carine SM-Jeffery; uncles Gregg Meyers, Harry Dodgen, Max Meyers; aunts Patty Dodgen-Johnson, Shirley Roberts; niece Patsy Line; nephews Elijah and Isaiah Jeffery and many loving cousins and extended family members.
He was united in death with his father Raymond Elijah Dodgen Jr., grandparents George and Charmaine Meyers, Laura Weaver, and Raymond Elijah Dodgen Sr.
He attended school at Yoncalla for grades K-10 and finished grades 10-12 at Crescent Valley in Corvallis.
He worked as a logger, mill worker, apprentice horseshoer, farm worker and various other jobs.
He enjoyed and loved riding bulls bare back and rodeo, hunting, camping, and fishing.
His Going Home celebration was held on August 15, 2015 at 11:30 in the Yoncalla Park.
Interment followed at Canyonville Masonic Cemetery.