Norman Carlberg

Norman James Carlberg passed away on February 21, 2025 in Mankato, MN.

A Celebration of Norman’s Life will be Friday, February 28, 2025 at 12:00 P.M. (Noon) at Woodland Hills Chapel in Mankato.

The Carlberg Family will greet friends on Friday morning for one hour prior to services at Woodland Hills Chapel. www.woodlandhillfh.com

 Norm was born in Story City, IA on April 13,1955 to A. Edwin & Anna Carlberg. Norm was the oldest of five siblings. Growing up, Norm spent time with his family working on many home projects. He then became very skilled and talented in building and fixing things around the home. He was proud to build a go-kart one summer and with his siblings a skating rink and sledding hill that they enjoyed many hours each winter. The young family of seven enjoyed many camping trips to state parks and visiting grandparents and cousins in Iowa. A favorite activity on these trips was swimming at the Stratford and Jewell pools in IA and Jack & Summit Lakes in WI. Just recently Norm mentioned the family vacation out west to Seattle, WA.

Norm was confirmed in 1969 at Peace Lutheran Church in Antigo, WI. He had a strong faith in the Lord.  He graduated from Antigo High School in 1973. Norm attended Mankato Technical College in 1973 and graduated with a degree in Drafting from the Mankato Vocational School. His first job was in Fridley, MN. The job that became his lifelong career started on 9/3/1985 at the Oaklawn Health Care Center (now Oaklawn Rehabilitation Center) in Mankato, MN. He was the Maintenance Director working with heating, air conditioning (HVAC) and many multiple tasks around the facility.  Not only did Norm dedicate himself to the staff, residents, and families of Oaklawn Rehabilitation center, he was also a friend, mentor, and resource for many other buildings within the Monarch organization. In 2020 he created a phone line just for window visits during covid! Norm was on call 24/7 and a master at repairing anything! 

He was brilliant with computers and loved programming. Using self-taught programing skills Norm wrote, and by special request expanded his FineLine IDE software program. It is software Microchip programmers worldwide can download for free from Norm’s web site. It is written to make editing easier for programming with Proton and PicBasicPro compilers. This had thousands of free downloads, with many good reviews and special requests.

He enjoyed the outdoors very much including fishing, boating, miniature golf and camping. Norm was an avid Vikings fan and recently toured the US Bank Stadium. He would spend weekends bike riding on the beautiful Mankato Trail system. Norm had a great sense of humor and loved spending time with family. He was very caring for his mom in her final years.

Norm's coworkers at Oaklawn were like his second family and meant the world to him. The family would like to thank his Oaklawn coworkers for their almost 40 years of friendship and many good memories.

Norm is survived by his siblings Gary, Ron Judy and Lori. Blessed be the memory of Norm Carlberg.