Individual Details

Death

Karen Marie Tuneberg was born on December 17, 1945 at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Her parents were the late Everett O.D. and Mary Louise (DuMont) Tuneberg. Karen has made her home in Brooklyn Center , Minnesota for the past 35 years. Karen graduated from Stewart High School in 1963, St. Gabriel’s School of Nursing in 1968 and the University of Minnesota in 1979. Throughout her career she was employed as a Registered Nurse and Unit Director. During her nursing career she worked with acute care, geriatrics within several nursing homes and as a Unit Director at the Anoka State Hospital for more than 10 years. She loved both and was very involved in the Nursing Home Association and Psychiatric Advocacy, eventually retiring from nursing due to health reasons in 1996. She was a member of the Minnesota Nurses Association, Prayer Warrior Group, the church choir at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. Karen also enjoyed collecting antiques, family genealogy, internet auctions and loved spending as much time as possible with her son, daughter-in-law and grandsons, who she cherished every day of her life. On November 19, 2011 Karen passed away peacefully at North Memorial Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota at 65 years of age. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends. Preceding Karen in death were her parents; brother: Richard Everett Tuneberg; 2 infant siblings.


Karen is survived by her son, Matthew (Heidi) Tuneberg; 2 grandchildren: Tyler Tuneberg and Jackson Tuneberg; many other relatives and a host of countless friends.