July 22, 1955 - October 13, 2025 (age 70)
Kim Louise Johnson (nee Eskelsen) of Redlands, California passed from this life on 13 October 2025. She was born on 22 July 1955 in Boise, Idaho to Richard M. Eskelsen and Virginia E. Bird. Kim was raised in Brigham City, Utah and attended Bunderson Elementary School nearby. She was in the Ski Club at Box Elder High in Brigham City and graduated in 1973.
During her high school and junior college years, Kim worked at the Lake Lodge in Yellowstone National Park as a server, a maid, the elevator operator and tour guide. She graduated from Snow College in 1976 and attended Utah State University in 1977, majoring in Forestry.
Kim met her husband, Steven R. Johnson while working as a secretary at the Thiokol rocket motor facility near Promontory Point