Hagen Haltern

1947 - 2014

Hagen Gilbert Haltern
April 2, 1947 ~ March 27, 2014
Hagen Gilbert Haltern, loving husband, father, grandfather and brother, died peacefully after his struggle with cancer on March 27, 2014.
Hagen was born in Wittingen, Germany, on April 2, 1947. He was the third of four children born to Heinrich Haltern and Gerda Schirm Haltern.
He studied Fine Art in Köln and Düsseldorf, Germany, and in Paris France. During that time he met Barbara Brigitte Niehoff who became his wife in the Bern Switzerland Temple on May 25, 1974. Their son Clemens was born in 1977, and ten months later they immigrated to the United States where Hagen accepted a position teaching Fine Art at Brigham Young University. In the following years their daughters Julia and Anna were born in Provo, Utah. Hagen continued his creative work and retired after 31 years of teaching at BYU. He was well loved by his students and respected in the art community. He will be remembered for his spiritual as well as intellectual contributions.
He is survived by his wife Barbara, son Clemens (Suzanna), daughters Julia (Garyth) and Anna (Christopher), grandchildren Burklie, Maja, Elias, Britta, Samuel, Noah, Scout, Charlotte, and Annika as well as by his brother Helge Arnaud Haltern and his sister Heide Haltern de Valdes. He was preceded in death by his brother Holger Norbert Haltern.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 from 6-8 P.M. at Sundberg-Olpin Funeral Home, 495 South State Street Orem and also Wednesday 11-12:45 at the church prior to the services. The funeral service will take place on Wednesday, April 2, at 1 P.M. at the Orem Park Stake Center, 195 West 300 South Orem, UT. Interment will be in the East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery 650 East 4800 North, Provo UT.
If you would prefer, please donate to the LDS Perpetual Education Fund (pef.lds.org) in lieu of flowers.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.SundbergOlpinMortuary.com