Raymond Mena passed away from liver cancer on Wednesday January 10,2018, he was 70 years old. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Lynn of 32 years of marriage and sorely missed by many friends and relatives Ray was raised in Phoenix,Arizona, along with his sister Susanne by his parents Ramon Mena and Geneva Brooker. He lived within walking distance of all of his grandparents and many other relatives who all helped raise him especially his beloved aunt Teddy Ray was very proud of his military service. He served in Vietnam in the US Army. He was wounded twice in combat, once at the battle of Dak To. When Ray got out of the service he moved to Los Angles Ray was driving truck for the Star Valley Cheese Factory when he moved to Thayne Wyoming in the mid 70's. He also worked in oil exploration for Shell Oil and for Tricon Lumber in Afton as a foreman and at Sunrise Lumber in Jackson also as a foreman His last job has been working at Jenkins as a forklift driver where he took great pride in his work as he did all of his jobs. One of Ray's joys in life was talking with everyone who came into Jenkins he especially enjoyed giving his friends and coworkers a hard time whenever possible Ray touched many lives in his lifetime with his quick witted humor and friendly outgoing way. His memory was amazing for anything he had a passion for, which was almost everything He wanted only to have his ashes spread this summer far up the Greys river overlooking the areas that he loved so much for the camping, hunting, fishing, four wheeling and cutting firewood