Dr J. Lee Stevens

Lee was born in Grand Junction Colorado to Dr Walter and Mrs. Margaret Stevens. He grew up there. He served in the Navel Reserves for 2 years as a corpsman in San Diego. He attended Pacific University in Forest Grove Oregon and received a degree in optometry. Lee met and married Mimi Gonigam at PU and they had two wonderful children. He practiced optometry with his father in Grand Junction. He also practiced in Utah for 12 years before moving back to Colorado. While living in Utah he married Kay Dalrymple. When they moved to Boulder in 1975 she assisted him in his office. He retired from practice in 1998 after a quintuple vessel heart bypass. He died peacefully, at home, in his own bed with the assistance of Hospice of Boulder and Broomfield Counties. He is survived by his current wife, Kay; his first wife, Mimi and her sister Phyllis, his daughter, Karen Pagano and her husband, Tim; his step-son Ken Davidson and his wife Pam; his sister, Katie Cline and her partner, Keri; grandson, Kyle Stevens. And five grandchildren, in love, if not in blood. A memorial service will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder on Saturday, June 16 that 4:00 pm with a reception following. The address is 5001 Pennsylvania in Boulder. He has been cremated. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder or the Humane Society of Boulder Valley.