Lee Roddy, age 95 who grew up in Oakdale, and authored 60-plus books, died February 2nd, 2017 in his Grass Valley retirement home. Roddy is survived by Cicely, his wife of 69 years; a son, Steve Roddy, daughter-in-law Katie, both of Lake Wildwood, Nevada County; daughter Susan (Peter Dodds) Roddy, and two grandsons, Patrick O’Shaughnessy Roddy and Zachary de Haas, all of the San Francisco area. Surviving siblings are brothers Jim Roddy and Jack Roddy and sisters, Helen Schneider and Belle Roddy.Born in an Illinois farmhouse on Aug. 22, 1921, Roddy moved with his parents to Oakdale, California, in 1931.