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Kristin Barland1943 – 2016 Obituary1943 ~ 2016Kristin Buttensch?n Barland, 73, daughter of Max and Liselotte Ackermann Buttensch?n, was born on January 14, 1943 in wartime Berlin, Germany. To escape the bombing raids, as an infant she was evacuated first to the village of Obra in western Poland, then in January, 1945 to escape the advancing Soviet army, to Lomitz in what became the British zone of occupation, finally returning to Berlin in 1948 just as the Berlin Airlift was starting. Her childhood fantasy was that a huge dome of steel, concrete, and stone would cover her city to protect people. But the sun would still shine.While attending the Free University of Berlin she went on a blind date with an American army officer, Lt. Gordon Barland on Sunday, July 28, 1963 and changed his universe forever. They married on May 22, 1964. She gave up everything - her family, friends, education, and homeland - to start a new life in America. She never looked back, developing a circle of close friends wherever they moved: Baltimore, MD; Eau Claire, WI; Salt Lake City (1969-1986); Anniston, AL; Columbia, SC; and returning to Salt Lake City in retirement in 2002 to be with their friends. She was a doer, not a complainer.Kristin enjoyed working with her hands, painting and making pottery, decorating her home with works of art she made or purchased. Kristin sewed and made many of her children's clothes when they were young. She loved gardening and grubbing through the soil with her fingers tending her flowers and vegetable garden, which she decorated with whimsical gnomes, statuettes, carvings, and a water sprite. Kristin was an avid reader and longtime member of a book club. She was an excellent cook and devoted her life to nurturing her husband, their two children and three grandchildren.Kristin was adventuresome and loved to travel, seeing Europe from Lapland to the Mediterranean; China and Tibet; by train from Beijing to Moscow; cruising the Caribbean, trips to South America, and northern and southern Africa.On Sunday, January 17th she suffered a head injury in a fall and died a week later without regaining consciousness. We are indebted to the knowledgeable and caring neurosurgeon, nurses, and staff of the Intermountain Medical Center.Kristin is survived by her husband Gordon, her son Ian (Meredith McCree), daughter Britt (Robert Dubil), and grandchildren Elsa and Ethan Dubil and Corwyn Barland.Published in Salt Lake Tribune on Feb.?2,?2016- See more at: ................
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