Lenus C Tuberg

Lenus Carlson Tuberg, 92, a carpenter, bricklayer, and machinist, died of prostate cancer on February 24th, just 12 hours shy of his 93rd birthday, at Three Links Care Center in Northfield, MN. He was a long-time resident of Mankato.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 3, 2007 at Grace Lutheran Church in Mankato, with Rev. Joel Erickson officiating. Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Mankato. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral at church on Saturday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Grace Lutheran Church

Lenus Tuberg was born on February 25, 1914 in Des Monies, IA to Ernest and Elvira Tuberg. He had one younger sister, Elaine Alvera Tuberg Landgren, who recently passed away at the age of 88 on Jan 9, 2007. Lenus moved to Mankato when he was five years old and graduated from Mankato High School in 1933. His grandfather was a carpenter and delighted in teaching Lenus carpentry which was a joy to him all his life and resulted in him building many pieces of furniture and several houses he lived in. Lenus father was a union bricklayer and taught him the bricklaying trade- Lenus received his journeymans union card in 1940. After graduating high school he attended the Dunwoody Technical Institute in Minneapolis to become a machinist for the Kato Engineering Company.

He worked as a machinist and a bricklayer for most of his life and worked on many large projects including the Benedictine Motherhouse (Assisi Heights) in Rochester, MN and Mankato West High School as well as air-base complexes in Montana, North Dakota and Duluth, MN. He worked at Continental Can Company from 1961 until his retirement in 1978.

He married Gladys Huhnstock on September 21, 1940. They had one daughter, Judy Lee Tuberg Seward, who was born on Lenus 29th birthday, February 25, 1943. After getting married they lived in trailer homes while Lenus traveled to and from construction jobs in Texas, Minnesota, Montana, California, and North Dakota. He finished building their permanent home at 332 Dolph Road in 1951. Gladys died after a long battle with cancer in April 1985.

Lenus enjoyed hunting, fishing, canoeing and sailing. One of his greatest pleasures was flying and he received his pilots license in the 1950s. He remarried in May 1986 to Vera Ballman Tuberg. They enjoyed spending time with their friends on Dolph Road as well as many other long-time Mankato friends. Their love of visiting family and traveling coincided with trips to Virginia, Texas, Colorado and many interesting points in between.

Lenus was preceded in death by his daughter, Judy, in October 2001. Survivors include his wife, Vera Ballman Tuberg; son-in-law Ted Seward, Jr of Fairfax Station, VA; two granddaughters, Cheryl Seward Johnson (Michael) and Christine Seward Allred (Brian) both of Arlington, VA; three great-grandchildren, Carenna, Bryce, and Alana Johnson of Arlington, VA; three step- children, Gordon Ballman (Nance) of St. Paul, MN, Barbara Fowler (Blair) of Northfield, MN, and Beverly Erbert of Plymouth, MN; five step grandchildren; and one step great-granddaughter.