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Kristin Johannsen Obituary

Johannsen, Kristin Lisa 52, VanWinkle Grove, Berea, Kentucky, died Thursday, October 7, 2010, at the Compassionate Care Center, in Richmond, Kentucky. She was a Toma, Wisconsin native born October 15, 1957, an author, teacher, and member of St. Clare Catholic Church in Berea. Her teaching career included teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in South Korea, Japan and the United Arab Emirates. Kristin was co-author of Ecotourism in Appalachia: Marketing the Mountains; author of Ginseng Dreams: the Secret World of America's Most Valuable Plant; numerous travel articles that have appeared in both national and international publications; numerous EFL textbooks marketed in Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East; and co-editor of Missing Mountains, a compilation of anti-mountaintop removal writings by Kentucky authors. Survivors include her husband, Kevin Barbour Millham of Berea; her mother, Marilyn Johannsen of Wisconsin; her grandmother, Bridget Johannsen Moen of Wisconsin; sister Karen Johannsen-Talsky of Illinois. She was preceded in death by her father, Walter Johannsen. Memorial services will be held at the historic St. Matthias Catholic Church in New Fane, Wisconsin on Tuesday, October 12, and at St. Clare's Catholic Church in Berea, Kentucky on Saturday, October 23.

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Published by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Oct. 12, 2010.

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Michael Heenan

October 6, 2020

Kevin,
Though a decade has passed, I renew my expression of high regard for Kristin and you as respected colleagues and dear friends. Please know I am with you on this anniversary.

theresa carranco

October 18, 2010

Karen, thinking of you and your family during this time and wishing you peace and hope you can find comfort in knowing you were there with her. Please take care.
With deepest sympathy,

Theresa Carranco

October 18, 2010

Karen, Gary just told me about your sister. My goodness what a wonderful, talented, and gifted person. I just want you to know that I am thinking of you and wishing you peace and hope you can find comfort in knowing you were there with her. Take care of yourself.
My deepest sympathy,
theresa carranco

Michael Heenan

October 18, 2010

Kevin,
It was my delight to have worked with you and Kristin in Japan and to have kept in contact through the years. In celebration of her excellence in teaching, writing, being a wonderful wife to you and a friend as well as inspiration to many, I share your sorrow from a distance, but remind you of how much Kristin and you have meant -- and continue to mean -- to so many of us.

October 13, 2010

Karen --All of us at the bookstore have been thinking of you and your family during this time of loss. What a gift your sister's life has been! Marydale

Amber Hodge

October 13, 2010

I pray that the healing hands of time work quickly to ease some of the grief and that your family has some comfort in knowing you will one day see her again. It will be a joyous reunion and your suffering will finally end, as hers has ended, and as she has encountered the joy of being reunited with the loved ones that have awaited her for so long, so shall you. - May God bless and keep you safe.

Mary Jean Entwistle

October 13, 2010

Karen-

So sorry to hear of your loss. It sounds like your sister was a beautiful, talented person. Keep the memories of her alive in your heart. Those memories will help you through the hard times.

My sympathy-
Mary Jean

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