April 24, 1930 – October 28, 2025
Lee Stocks passed away peacefully at the age of 95 at his home in Moab, Utah, on October 28, 2025.
Lee was born in Moab on April 24, 1930, to Leonard H. and Laura Ames Stocks, the first of twin boys. He graduated from Grand County High in 1948, then he and his twin brother, Larry, enlisted in the Navy. He served as an aviation storekeeper at NAS Pensacola, Florida.
His family remembers Lee for his quick wit, his love of gadgets, his adoration of his wife, and his photography, which often included a dead juniper tree in the foreground that his family accused him of carrying around in his car.
Lee returned to Moab in 1952, where he worked on the MGM oil rig on the Colorado River, then was briefly traded out to the crew working on the Shafer Trail, according to a Times-Independent article published on the occasion of Lee’s 90th birthday. “Lee worked on various claims during the uranium boom… and helped the late Nate Knight build the Flint Trail… southern Utah’s version of the Star Trek Nebula cloud.”
A favorite story in the family is when Lee got his Piper Super Cub plane caught in powerlines and crashed into the Colorado—illustrating Uncle Lee’s grit.
Lee was a warehouseman for the Atlas Uranium Mill, eventually becoming the office manager in Moab, then in Mexican Hat, where he met the love of his life, Eve Jaramillo. Lee and Eve were married on October 9, 1965. Lee stayed with Atlas until it closed in 1984.
Upon the mill’s closure, Lee worked several years at Tag-a-long Tours, then as an accountant for Moab Bit and Tool from 1992 to 2000. He then did bookkeeping for Tag-a-long Tours until 2005 when he completely retired.
Lee is survived by numerous nieces and nephews living in Moab and around the U.S., who have fond memories of their Uncle Lee and will miss him tremendously. Until the end, Lee had a sharp memory and remained the keeper of many family stories, which his family will miss greatly.
Lee is preceded in death by his parents; his sisters, Margie and Peggy; his twin brother, Larry; his wife, Eve; and his daughter, Evette “Bevie Lee.”
Per Lee’s wishes, a funeral service and viewing will not be held. Graveside services and interment with military honors will be held at Grand Valley Cemetery in Moab, Utah, on April 24, 2026, at 11 a.m. All are welcome.
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