A Tribute to Lenny Kloncz

Here are photos of the park bench that the New Brighton Area Historical Society installed in front of the New Brighton History Center at Long Lake Park in New Brighton, MN in honor of Lenny Kloncz, who provided many hours of volunteer labor and support for the society from 1980-2017. For many years he spent evenings and weekends working at the depot, from building the exterior deck, to renovating the freight room which was down to stud walls, to building storage shelving in the basement, to assisting in building historic displays, to painting the interior walls, etc., etc., etc. The depot was his “happy place” for many years.

Wayne Searles and Ron Cota, loyal volunteers of the society, as they are preparing to install the park bench in honor of volunteer Lenny Kloncz.