Kim Rena Edwards

Kim Rena Tucker Edwards, 66, passed away on January 17, 2025 in Kootenai, Idaho.

Kim was born on November 12, 1958 the daughter of Delvin L. Tucker and Louise M. Hatfield Tucker in Albany, Oregon.

Delvin and Louise moved to Idaho in 1959. Kim started school in 1964 at Hope Elementary. She graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1978.

Kim’s first job was as a carhop at the A&W in Ponderay. She also worked at Don Drive Inn and for Benard Johnson as a waitress through high school.

After Kim graduated, she went to Valdez, Alaska and spent the summer with her sister Linda. She met her future husband John Edwards II at the hotel where her sister worked. John followed Kim back to Sandpoint and Kim followed John to Salt Lake City. They married on March 29, 1979.

Kim was preceded in death by her father Delvin L. Tucker, her brother Mark J. Tucker, sister Terry Lee Tucker and step-dad Allen Bertrum.

 There will be a private family gathering to celebrate Kim’s life on February 22, 2025.