Happy Birthday Kim Starr

Dear family and friends:

Some of this information was taken from Kim's mother's profile of him. The more I read her papers the more I understood why Lanny did things a certain way; for example, having a certain chair or spot for each child Christmas morning. Another example is camping. That apparently was a very common tradition for the Carl Starr family. I have picked out some details I found especially interesting in Kim's profile and that parallel with things our children did while growing up. Arlene

Kim and Laurie

From Nola Lucile Starr:

Kim was born 1952 in Tremonton, Utah. He had black hair and blue eyes, which later turned hazel. He was a spunky baby and growled like a little bear if the other children bothered him or displeased him. He ran the roost by the time he was a year old.

He loved to be put on the family's Shetland ponies and got very excited when he saw one of the ponies. He would stay on as long as anyone would stay with him.
His mother liked to keep her children playing on their own lot when they were small. Kim would try to sneak out the front gate, but his mother could see him from the big front window and stop him. Realizing he couldn't sneak out the front gate without being seen, he would go clear down to the south end of the fence and with his short fat legs climb up and literally fall over to the other side. If he got caught he would grin all over, come back, and wait for another chance.

By the time Kim was three years old he loved to play cowboys. He always had cowboy boots, chaps, hat, guns and holsters, supplied by his folks at Christmas and other times. When Davy Crockett outfits and song were so popular Kim wore his coonskin hat and frontier outfit and went about singing loudly, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier”. His Grandpa and others would encourage him just for the fun of hearing him.

He had a few real hard doses of croup, one time giving the family a scare when he turned coal black. His Dad applied cold cloths to his throat and chest and in a matter of a few minutes he was breathing normally. Dad was usually the doctor and a good one too.
Kim also loved art work in school. His favorite object for drawing in the lower grades was swordfish. Kim won ribbons at the county fair each year in grade school for his school art work. He was always anxious for his parents to get him to the fair so he could see if he had won a prize.
During his junior high days, he played football, staying nights after school to practice. He started football in high school but dropped out to hold down a part time job at the sugar factory.
Kim loved to hike and camp in the hills. Every Easter, no matter how cold, muddy, or stormy, he and some of his pals packed their gear, and enough food for an army, and took off to camp for a few days at Water Canyon in the hills above his home. Sometimes they used his Dad's tractor to haul the stuff up and down. As he became a scout, he went on many winter as well as summer camp outs.  He later became an Eagle Scout.
The family spent many happy vacations in Logan Canyon with tents, sleeping bags, and other gear.
When he got old enough, Kim enjoyed fishing on these trips. One trip was taken out to the west of Box Elder county and a really enjoyable trip was taken to Yellowstone Park. Here the family rented cabins to stay in. One evening a crowd gathered on Fishing Bridge most of them to fish. No one else seemed lucky and wondered as Kim seemed to be the only one getting any fish.
Kim was an extra good worker from the time he was small. He milked the family cow from the time he was quite young, the older brothers gladly passing the job on to him when he learned how.
While just a kid he began helping Grandpa Starr and John on the farm, at first driving tractor, which he loved to do. Then he began helping with loading and stacking hay.
Kim was a good worker and seemed always able to find a job. He helped sheep men too, which was a dirty, hard messy job but he never complained. He also helped Jon Thompson erect tin farm buildings. He pretty well took care of his school expenses and clothes from the money he earned.
His junior year at school he worked after school hours at the Utah Idaho Sugar company hauling supplies and trash.
While growing up Kim was always active in the church. He gave his first talk in Sunday School when he was three years old
Kim earned several Individual awards and also received his Duty to God award.
Kim was baptized April 23, 1960 in the stake house in Garland by Lanny H Starr, his brother. He was
confirmed April 24, 1960 by S. Oleen Josephson in the Plymouth ward chapel.
The Fourth of July was a very special day for Kim. The big attraction for Kim was the two day rodeo put on by the Plymouth Rodeo committee.
When young he rode calves in the rodeo but when he was about seventeen he started to ride bareback and to ride the bulls. He rode in school rodeos, belonging to the high school rodeo club, and also rode at rodeos in Lagoon, Tremonton, Randolph, Coleman, etc. He won a trophy and a belt buckle plus plenty of sore muscles and bruises. Kim seemed to love it though.
Christmas was very special at the Starr home. His Dad always went all out on that holiday. Lights were strung on the trees and house outside and on the tree indoors. Christmas eve the children went to bed early and began calling about two o'clock in the morning to get up, usually making it about four.
Gifts a plenty always greeted them, each child having a designated chair or spot for Santa to place his toys.
Kim volunteered for the draft during the Vietnam conflict just before his 19^th birthday and entered the army March 10, 1971. He served his basic training and advanced infantry training at Ft. Ord, California. From there he went to Ft. Benning, Georgia to attend non commissioned officers school, where he graduated as a sergeant. He was then assigned to Ford Lewis, Washington. Here he was able to live at the home of his sister Sandra Chudy, and commuted back and forth. (He teased the kids unmercifully of course.)
While at Fort Lewis he decided army life wasn't so bad and re-enlisted for an extra two years. They had quit sending boys to Vietnam but he asked to go there as his first assignment. After a month at home he flew to San Francisco and on to Vietnam. Here he was assigned as military policeman. Kim had some interesting experiences while there. He experienced a typhoon and had the jeep he was riding in shot full of holes.
Kim next spent time at Fort Lewis again and then was assigned to Portland as a recruiter. Here he met his wife, Laurie Warsop. He later became a recruiter. He and Laurie have two lovely children, Jessica and Ryan.

Update: Kim and Laurie are living across the street from where Kim grew up.  Kim and Laurie's family has grown since Nola wrote this profile about Kim. Ryan married Anna and they have three children which makes Laurie and Kim happy grandparents. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIM AND A SALUTE TO YOU!

Ryan and his wife Anna

Kim, Zack (Lanny's grandson) and Lanny

My Younger Brother "Kim Starr"

Kim is 60 years old today which makes him 10 years my junior. He's the youngest boy and I am the oldest boy. We are a lot alike in some ways. We both favor dad, and are both considered the black sheep of the family.We have both had some troubling times in our lives and have learned the hard way that you take what life deals you and keep on truckin!! We also don't spend a lot of time worrying about what other people think, or say about us. In short what you see is what you get. I'm proud to say Kim is my brother. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! Brother. 

Big Brother Lanny