“We Serve”

 Events of the past month

March 17 11am to 1Pm 

Xcel Energy Allen S. King plant tour

Ray Stevens arranged a tour of Excel Energy Allen S. King plant.  It was a fascinating experience.  We saw the boiler, the condenser, the water pumps, and the giant turbines that make electricity for our area. We climbed to the roof and overlooked the large plant. We heard about strategic plans for Xcel to remove the plant in 2028 and to depend on solar, wind, nuclear, and batteries.

Coming Events

April 7 Noon Family Means  Our speaker will be Will Jenkins from Wild Rivers Conservancy.

April 21 Evening meeting 5:30 PM at Water Street Inn.  Speaker to be determined. 

Donations The Board recommended that we be an annual member of theWashington County Historical Society for $150.

Schedule for the next 3 months

May 5     Noon.  Law Day with Rotary at St. Croix Event Center.  The speaker will be Political Science Professor, David Schultz from Hamline University. He will speak on “American Democracy in the Age of Trump”.

May 19    Noon Annual meeting

June 2    Noon

June 16    Picnic

July 7     Noon

July 21     Picnic

From Herb Lundberg

Memorial service for Cork Lundberg

Sunday afternoon, June 28, 2026

1:00-5:00 p.m.

Bradshaw Funeral Home

2800 Curve Crest Boulevard

Stillwater, MN 55082

(Phone: 651-698-3878)

 Corrine H “Cork”, “Corky” (Nelson) Lundberg

Corrine “Cork”, “Corky” (Nelson) Lundberg was born in Portland Oregon on August 2, 1933, the second of seven children born to Rev. Adolf (Ed) and Sigrid Nelson.  The world lost one of its brightest lights when Cork passed into the next phase of her eternal journey on Sunday, November 30, 2025, at age 92.

She was an absolute force of life, an extraordinary woman who touched all who knew her deeply, making each of us better and wiser because of her presence in our lives.

As a minister’s daughter with six siblings, Cork learned early the details of raising children and running a large household where her focus was always serving others.  After early years in Portland, Cork’s family moved to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, where she graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1951 (valedictorian) and from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1955 (summa cum laude), with double majors in English and Latin and minor in Biology.  

She was a dedicated educator, serving students in multiple districts. Cork began her career teaching high school English in Gibbon MN, then moved to Washington DC where she served as a parish worker at Augustana Lutheran Church for two years. She returned to Minnesota to teach junior high English in Alexandria and Mounds View.  

Cork had an adventurous spirit and during school breaks, she worked and hiked in Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park and backpacked Europe.  She met and married her husband, Herb, and their adventures together included Boundary Waters canoe trips and relocating to Germany for his job, before returning to Minnesota for more teaching and to start a family. 

After the family moved to Stillwater, Cork taught in Stillwater’s unique non-traditional programs for many years, including SAHS high school “Night School English” and Home-Bound, where she enjoyed teaching on a one-to-one basis, and as a substitute teacher at all levels. She retired from teaching at age 77. 

Cork’s extraordinary dedication to serving others extended far beyond her teaching career, and her commitment to family, church and community activities focused on assisting others, had no limits. She exemplified a favorite passage from Micah 6:8 through her actions and attitudes in helping and improving the lives of others.