Lennart “Len” Steven Ostergren, died on May 17th, 2022, at the age of 67, in Brainerd, MN. Len was born on February 21st, 1955 in Oak Park, Illinois, and shortly moved to the Brainerd Lakes Area where he would spend the rest of his life. Len was a dreamer and a seeker, with a deep love for music, literature and good food. In fact, he spent the majority of his career as a chef starting in the kitchen of his family’s eatery, Charlie’s Restaurant. He went on to work as a chef in Anchorage, Alaska, and back home again as a chef at Cragun’s Resort on Gull Lake. When he was in his late 40’s, Len had the tenacity and courage to go back to college, earn his Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing, and finish out his career as an RN until 2021. He was a hard-worker, exceptionally smart and well loved by his patients. One of Len’s favorite authors, Ernest Hemingway, said, “Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual.” Le