Records indicate that Lee seems to have been married three times. She was first married to Charles Eld, who was mentioned in her book "Sandstone Seduction." She wrote that she "...went to work for the war effort at Davis Monthan Field, married a shavetail in '42, got pregnant, had a son, got divorced in '45." This son is identified as Ronald Eld in the New York Times obituary from November 10, 2017. Charles was awarded full custody of Ronald in 1950. A son is mentioned (not by name) briefly with some regret, as 10 years old in her journal from the 1954 trip. There are pictures of Katie and a young "Ronnie" in the NAU Cline Library Colorado Plateau digital archives.