Earl Lee Lovell passed away Saturday evening October 24, 2020 at the age of 88. Lee is survived by his wife of 30 years, Paula: his daughters Elyse Lovell and partner John Garic of Whitehall, MT; and, Whitney Keye and husband Andy of Dallas, TX; and step-children: Curtis Howard and wife Trecca of Enid, OK, and Brett Howard and wife Wendy of Tucson, AZ. Lee was the loving “Gramps” to: Courtney Stamm, Lindsey Holland, Brock Howard, Madison Shiplett and husband Nicholas, Charles, Sophia and Katey Howard; and, he was “Great Gramps” to Rowan Shiplett. He is also survived by his sister-in-law Sandra Lovell, of Plymouth, IL, who was married to his late brother, Wayne; nephew Mike Lovell, niece Teen Fecht; great nephews Cody Lovell and Nathan Reid; great nieces Jessica Hunt and Nicole Wenzel; and many great great nephews,nieces, and cousins. Lee was born in Plymouth, IL, to Earl Lee Sr. and Thelma Lovell where he grew up and graduated from Plymouth High School. He went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. After separating from the Army, Lee went to work in the oil and water drilling industry which took him to around 120 countries, including three relocation assignments to Lebanon, The Netherlands and Puerto Rico, as well as national roles based in Oklahoma, California and Arizona. Some of his sales trips were austere, exotic, and quite often dangerous and Lee had so many stories from each which he loved to share. When not travelling, Lee was a family man, an avid reader, an enthusiastic fan of U of A sports, and a champion pheasant and quail hunter as a proud member of the Grand National Quail Club. Lee and Paula retired from their careers and moved to Tucson from Enid, OK in 2003. During his retirement he was a member of Romeos, a Far Horizons Volunteer for many events for which he was a loved celebrity. Lee was the most patient, humorous, generous, kind-hearted, and the perfect gentleman beloved by anyone who met him. He was deeply loved by all his family and will be sadly missed by all his global family and friends. A Memorial Service will be held for Lee at 1pm (MST), Monday November 2, 2020. It will be broadcast live at www.http://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/39434 for those who would like to view the memorial remotely. A copy of the video and slideshow will be placed at www.andykeye-whitney.smugmug.com/LeeLovell Lee’s remains will be placed at Arizona Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Marana at a later date.