Kim Marie Saunders-Brinkly, 52 years of age, died on Monday, October 22, 2012, at Providence Saint Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington. She was born on February 9, 1960, in Aberdeen, Washington to Lloyd and Mary Lou (Phillips) Saunders. She was an enrolled member of the Quinault Indian Nation.
She was raised and attended school in the Brady area and was baptized in the area Catholic Church and attended a Catholic School. In 1978, she graduated from Weatherwax High School in Aberdeen. She attended Grays Harbor College for two years and received her AA degree. She moved to the Yakima area in 1985 and on September 2, 1987, she was married to Louis E. Saunders in Prosser, Washington. In 1989, the couple moved to Elma, Washington were she had since resided.