ELLINGSON — Jack John Rodger, 84; born March 20, 1931, Broken Bow, Neb.; died June 6, 2015, Cottage Grove, Ore. Surviving: wife, Jane (Schaffer); son, John M., Gilbert, Ariz.; daughters, Darcy Zentner, Coos Bay, Ore.; Grace Haight, Centralia, Wash.; Karen Rae, Jacksonville, Ore.; sisters, Emma Lippencott, Eugene, Ore.; Carol Michal, Turner, Ore.; 9 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

Born March 20, 1931 in Broken Bow, Neb., to George and Grace (David) Ellingson. He served in the U.S. Army on Dec. 12, 1953, he and Jane Schaffer were married. Jack was an excellent long haul truck driver in 1956. He drove cross the United States and Canada. The last six years in Oregon.

He made bird houses and was an avid gardener. He loved to socialize and was very generous with others and had a great sense of humor and very witty.

He was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

He was proceeded in death by his parents and granddaughter Rhiannon Hull.