Kay Lake Dodds McClellan

Kay Lake Dodds McClellan, loving Mother and Grandmother, passed away unexpectedly in St. George, Utah on September 29, 2014. She was born in North Platte, Nebraska, raised in Twin Falls, Idaho and attended Idaho State College. She was a 1958 graduate of Twin Falls High School. She always considered herself lucky to be raised in Twin Falls. Her first job was in Twin Falls at the Times-News newspaper working nights as a reporter. After college, she returned to become City Reporter and Photographer. After her first marriage to Fred L. Dodds, she became a secretary to help him in pre-med in college, which was not completed. They had 14 years of fun and family adventures before divorcing. She worked as a legal secretary in Salt Lake for 5 years where she raised her children, and later had a short marriage to Ronald McClellan. She then started as Labor Relations Secretary for the U.S. Postal Service in Salt Lake in 1981, where she was late promoted to Network Examiner where she gave and oversaw testing in several states. When her job was eliminated, she was promoted to Postmaster at Clarkston, Utah where she served and loved the people of Clarkston for 15 years. She was active in almost all activities in Clarkston and put on the parade one year. She left may friends and beloved patrons behind when she retired and moved to Salt Lake In 2005 to spend more time with her grandchildren. In retirement she said she had the perfect life ---winters in St. George and the rest of the year in Salt Lake. Surviving are her daughter, Wendy Campbell of Beaverton, Oregon and her children, Adam, Megan and Terran; her son Steve Dodds (Cindy) of Herriman, Utah and their children, twins Stephanie and James, and John. She never tired of buying them toys, going places and playing with them. She always wished her other grandchildren lived closer so she could spoil them all. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marjorie and Earl Lake, Twin Falls, ID. She always enjoyed life and new adventures and sharing them with others. In lieu of a funeral, her wishes were that her family would have a wake where her friends, relatives, and co-workers could celebrate her life, father than her death.

Kay Lake Dodds McClellan

January 13, 1941 - September 30, 2014