Lee Stocks

Lee Stocks

1930 ~ 2025

Lee Stocks passed away peacefully at his home in Moab, Utah, on October 28, 2025, at the age of 95.

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, where 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 his family accused him of carrying around in his car.

Lee returned to Moab in 1952, where according to a Times-Independent article dated April 24, 2020, on the occasion of Lee's 90th birthday, he worked "on the MGM oil rig on the Colorado River," then "was briefly traded out to the crew working on the Shafer Trail." "Lee worked on various claims during the uranium boom...and helped the late Nate Knight build the Flint Trail," which "has been described as southern Utah's version of the Star Trek Nebula cloud."

The article also notes, "Lee became a pilot of his own Piper Super Cub in 1956," and in 1958 "his Cub tangled with the overhead [high-tension power lines] and the plane was thrown into the [Colorado] River." The story of this accident is a favorite of his family as it clearly illustrates their Uncle Lee's grit.

Per the T-I article, 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, then "he was sent to manage the Atlas mill office in California in 1966." He returned to the accounting office at Atlas in Moab in 1968, where he remained 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; sisters Margie and Peggy; twin brother Larry; wife, Eve; and 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.

Family and friends are invited to share tributes online at SpanishValleyMortuary.com or SVMC.us.