Kimberly Harrison

HARRISON Kimberly Ann Harrison, age 57, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2011 at a local hospital, from complications due to diabetes. Kimberly was a long time resident of El Paso. As a child she traveled extensively as a result of her Father being in the military. Some places she lived are the states of New York, Washington, Florida, Maine, California and overseas in France. In 1971 the family arrived in San Antonio for an assignment. She graduated from Highlands High School, San Antonio, TX in 1972. She attended Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, TX prior to moving to El Paso in the fall of 1973 where she began her studies at the University of Texas, El Paso. She also attended New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and the El Paso Community College. She began working for the Federal Government with the Bureau of Land Management in 1979 and in 1985 transferred to the Computer Directorate, White Sands Missile Range, NM where she completed an extensive internship program. She left White Sands in Jan 1991 to pursue a career with the El Paso Community College, El Paso, as Documentation and Training Coordinator until August 2010. Kimberly is survived by brother, Robert Harrison, Laurel, Md; her Mother, Joan Harrison, El Paso; and her Father, Lyle Harrison and step-mom, Patricia Counts Harrison of Santa Teresa, NM. She is also survived by two sets of aunts and uncles; Eugene and Ethel Rutland, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Charles Bud and Joyce Rutland of Gig Harbor, Washington; two Aunts; Masil Hulse of Salem, OR, and Vivian Campbell of Redmond, OR. She was predeceased by her Uncle Lewis L. Harrison of Hayden Lake, Idaho. There are also 12 surviving cousins. Private services were held at the Evergreen Cemetery on May 18, 2011. Her passing leaves a huge void in the lives of those who knew and loved her.