FARMINGTON -- Kathleen M. Nelson, 59, the presiding 2nd District Juvenile Court judge, died Tuesday.
Beani Martinez, trial court executive, said judicial employees received word about 1 p.m. from Nelson's family that she had passed away as the result of injuries she suffered in a Saturday fall.
Martinez said Nelson's family has not released any specifics concerning the accident that resulted in her death.
"We are all in shock," she said.
Nelson was appointed to the bench in November 1998 by then-Gov. Michael Leavitt.
Martinez said Nelson will be remembered "mostly for her creative ideas on how to address and do things to benefit the kids and their families."
Nelson served on a number of boards and committees judicially and within the community, Martinez said. She was passionate about getting a new juvenile court in the Ogden area, as well as how to help children who ended up in her courtroom.
"She was very passionate about her work," Martinez said.
According to the court's website, Nelson received her law degree from the University of Utah College of Law.
At the time of her death, she was serving on the court facilities planning committee, alternative dispute resolution committee and the children and family law community.
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