| Kim grew up on a
ranch at the eastern end of the Crazy
Mountains outside Roundup, Montana. Her father, Joe, was a second
generation
Yugoslavian immigrant who played accordion. Her mother, Dolores, had
grown
up near Big Timber riding horses to school. Joe set up each of his
three
daughters and one son, in turn, with a flock of sheep to care for. When
time came to cash them in, Kim used the money to buy a purple Gremlin.
She frequently drove to Billings to see Vernon at Rocky Mountain
College.
The two had met at a summer dance in Big Timber.
Kim was a dancer and gymnast who delighted in impish behavior and bordered on bipolar disorder. She and Vernon were wed in a park by his philosophy professor just before moving with the band, Max, to Salt Lake City, then San Francisco, and back to Billings. In one year they had thirteen homes. Soon she and Vernon struck out alone for Los Angeles, where she worked in a record warehouse. After two years, L.A. was driving Kim crazy and the couple compromised on Seattle. They refurbished a bus and drove it up the coast. After a couple other spots, they found Whidbey Island. Kim fell in love with Robin Coe, an art instructor from Ellensberg. After divorcing Vernon, she and Robin moved to Alaska and raised two boys. Last I heard, she left Robin to move to Florida with a new love. |
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