Lee Stockett, 48, died Thursday, January 20, at the Holy Rosary Health Care Center in Miles City, after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer.
Services were at 1 p.m. Monday in Fallon Evangelical Church. Burial was in Mildred Cemetery by Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City.
Lee was born November 14, 1962, in Amarillo to N.M. and Bettie Stockett. Lee went to school in Claude, where he graduated in 1981.
Lee was in the 10th Mountain Division of the Army from 1984 to 1989. When he was honorably discharged from the military, Lee went to college at West Texas State University, where he got a Bachelor of Science degree in ag business.
He met and married his wife, Karen, on May 19, 1992. Lee and Karen eventually moved to Mildred, Montana, where they farmed, ranched, and raised a daughter, Jessica, who was born on February 19, 1998.
He was preceded in death by a nephew, John Mitchell Stockett.
Survivors include his wife and daughter, Karen and Jessica of Mildred; his parents, N.M. and Bettie Stockett; two brothers, Jeff Stockett and wife Krista of Canby, Oregon and Wes Stockett and wife Jodie of Claude; two sisters, Susan Stockett of Goodnight and Michelle Stockett of Amarillo; three nephews; and five nieces.
The family suggests memorials be to First United Methodist Church, Claude, Texas, 79019.
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