Bozeman, Montana
Karin Anneliese Potenberg
1936 — 2024
Karin Anneliese Potenberg, 87, of Au Gres, passed away at the Spring Creek Inn Memory Care facility in Bozeman, Montana, on March 20, 2024. Karin was born in Berlin, Germany, to Martin and Anneliese Duerr on August 4, 1936. During the difficult years around World War II, when her father was a prisoner of war and her mother needed to work to support the family, she was largely raised by her beloved grandmother Adelaide Schmidt. On January 13, 1958, she married Johannes Wilhelm ("John") Potenberg, and the following year, with their son Christian, they emigrated to the United States, settling first in Detroit, where their younger son Stephen was born. Karin helped John and later Chris build...