Lina Barrott

Lina Barrott of Aberdeen died March 7, 2016 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center after a short illness. She was 87. Born on November 28, 1928 in Nuernberg, Germany, she was the eldest daughter of Moritz and Elisabeth Kraglauer. After graduating school, she worked for A.W. Faber-Castell Manufacturing producing art materials and fine writing instruments in Stein, Germany. It was there that she met Vernon "Tony" Barrott, a soldier in the US Army. The couple were married November 27, 1959 and moved around the world in support of his career in the Army. They were assigned to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, in August 1972, where Mr. Barrott retired, they bought a home and built their life. It was here that Mrs. Barrott connected with other German Ladies that were also living in Aberdeen. Family and friends said Mrs. Barrott was very social, keeping up with everyone by telephone, especially her family and German Ladies, and very independent. She loved to cook, especially German dishes, and doted on her dogs through the years, Waldi, Lumpy, Prince, Lady, Boy, Ernie and Kramer. She was devoted to her daughter, Sonja, and her husband, Horst, who frequently visited from Germany, and family friend, Jessie Shanks Sr. and the daughter of her friend Tilly Neary, Elaine, who took intensive care of her for the last years. Mrs. Barrott is proceeded in death by her loving husband, Tony, who passed in June 2005. She is survived by her daughter, Sonja Gue and son-in-law, Horst Gue, of Hameln, Germany; granddaughter, Daniela Friedrich of Nuernberg, Germany; three great grandchildren, Sabrina, Nico and Marc Friedrich of Nuernberg, Germany; her brother Kurt Kraglauer of Weissenburg, Germany; brothers-in-law Roy, Rudy and Junior Barrott of Brooklyn, NY and Lenny Barrott of Newark, NJ; sisters-in-law Pat Walker of Winterville, NC, Lydia Barrott of Denver, CO, and Elina Lincoln of The Virgin Islands and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Funeral services were March 14, 2016 at Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home in Aberdeen with Minister Jeffrey M. Goodwin officiating. Interment was in Harford Memorial Gardens in Aldino. Funeral Home: Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home 333 South Parke Street Aberdeen, MD US 21001