Our dear Laurel stepped through the veil on Mother's Day, May 14, 2017, wrested from us by leiomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer.
Born in Salt Lake City on April 15, 1952 to Alvin Charles and Afton Romney Soderborg, Laurel was — as her sixth grade award from Sherman Elementary noted — "an excellent example of a lady at all times." Wherever she went, she made lifelong friends-from her Young Women's group in the Rosecrest Ward, to Skyline High, to Brigham Young University, to Washington, D.C. (where she served as an aide to Senator Patrick Leahy) to countless Young Women's and Relief Society callings.
At gatherings, Laurel made special effort to seek out each individual and make them feel appreciated, loved, and accepted. She had a gift for making everything fun. No camp or trek will be quite the same without her infectious and unconstrained laughter, which carried far and wide both day and night.
In 1987, she was introduced by a mutual friend to Robert (Robb) Cundick, Jr. On a Christmas trip to New York City, they were inspired by a Broadway play to make the jump "Into the Woods," after which they hurried to Tiffany's for a ring and then made the engagement official on a carriage ride through Central Park. Three months later, they were married in the Salt Lake Temple. Although faced with tragedy at both the beginning (a stillborn baby) and the end, they were blessed with an unusually happy union and anxiously await a blissful reunion in the life to come.
Laurel is preceded in death by her parents and son, Charles Ross. She is survived by her husband, Robb; and children, Ben and Emma (Stephen) Petersen; as well as loving step-children, Joel (Kristin) Cundick, Bryce (Denisa) Cundick, and Gretel (Will) Cosman; and ten grandchildren. Also, siblings: Kathy (Martin) Vander Veur, Lynne (Ken) Dawson, Mark (Paula) Soderborg, Lee (Karen) Soderborg, Gayle (Dan) Roberts, and Eric Soderborg.
Special thanks to Dr. Anna C. Beck of Huntsman Cancer Institute and to hospice nurse, Susan, and her colleagues at Community Nursing Services for their compassionate care.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 in the East Millcreek Stake Center, 3103 East Craig Drive (3650 South), Millcreek. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Holbrook Mortuary, 3251 South 2300 East, Millcreek, and prior to the services at the stake center on Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News on May 16, 2017.
Born in Salt Lake City on April 15, 1952 to Alvin Charles and Afton Romney Soderborg, Laurel was — as her sixth grade award from Sherman Elementary noted — "an excellent example of a lady at all times." Wherever she went, she made lifelong friends-from her Young Women's group in the Rosecrest Ward, to Skyline High, to Brigham Young University, to Washington, D.C. (where she served as an aide to Senator Patrick Leahy) to countless Young Women's and Relief Society callings.
At gatherings, Laurel made special effort to seek out each individual and make them feel appreciated, loved, and accepted. She had a gift for making everything fun. No camp or trek will be quite the same without her infectious and unconstrained laughter, which carried far and wide both day and night.
In 1987, she was introduced by a mutual friend to Robert (Robb) Cundick, Jr. On a Christmas trip to New York City, they were inspired by a Broadway play to make the jump "Into the Woods," after which they hurried to Tiffany's for a ring and then made the engagement official on a carriage ride through Central Park. Three months later, they were married in the Salt Lake Temple. Although faced with tragedy at both the beginning (a stillborn baby) and the end, they were blessed with an unusually happy union and anxiously await a blissful reunion in the life to come.
Laurel is preceded in death by her parents and son, Charles Ross. She is survived by her husband, Robb; and children, Ben and Emma (Stephen) Petersen; as well as loving step-children, Joel (Kristin) Cundick, Bryce (Denisa) Cundick, and Gretel (Will) Cosman; and ten grandchildren. Also, siblings: Kathy (Martin) Vander Veur, Lynne (Ken) Dawson, Mark (Paula) Soderborg, Lee (Karen) Soderborg, Gayle (Dan) Roberts, and Eric Soderborg.
Special thanks to Dr. Anna C. Beck of Huntsman Cancer Institute and to hospice nurse, Susan, and her colleagues at Community Nursing Services for their compassionate care.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 in the East Millcreek Stake Center, 3103 East Craig Drive (3650 South), Millcreek. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Holbrook Mortuary, 3251 South 2300 East, Millcreek, and prior to the services at the stake center on Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News on May 16, 2017.
Our dear Laurel stepped through the veil on Mother's Day, May 14, 2017, wrested from us by leiomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer.
Born in Salt Lake City on April 15, 1952 to Alvin Charles and Afton Romney Soderborg, Laurel was — as her sixth grade award from Sherman Elementary noted — "an excellent example of a lady at all times." Wherever she went, she made lifelong friends-from her Young Women's group in the Rosecrest Ward, to Skyline High, to Brigham Young University, to Washington, D.C. (where she served as an aide to Senator Patrick Leahy) to countless Young Women's and Relief Society callings.
At gatherings, Laurel made special effort to seek out each individual and make them feel appreciated, loved, and accepted. She had a gift for making everything fun. No camp or trek will be quite the same without her infectious and unconstrained laughter, which carried far and wide both day and night.
In 1987, she was introduced by a mutual friend to Robert (Robb) Cundick, Jr. On a Christmas trip to New York City, they were inspired by a Broadway play to make the jump "Into the Woods," after which they hurried to Tiffany's for a ring and then made the engagement official on a carriage ride through Central Park. Three months later, they were married in the Salt Lake Temple. Although faced with tragedy at both the beginning (a stillborn baby) and the end, they were blessed with an unusually happy union and anxiously await a blissful reunion in the life to come.
Laurel is preceded in death by her parents and son, Charles Ross. She is survived by her husband, Robb; and children, Ben and Emma (Stephen) Petersen; as well as loving step-children, Joel (Kristin) Cundick, Bryce (Denisa) Cundick, and Gretel (Will) Cosman; and ten grandchildren. Also, siblings: Kathy (Martin) Vander Veur, Lynne (Ken) Dawson, Mark (Paula) Soderborg, Lee (Karen) Soderborg, Gayle (Dan) Roberts, and Eric Soderborg.
Special thanks to Dr. Anna C. Beck of Huntsman Cancer Institute and to hospice nurse, Susan, and her colleagues at Community Nursing Services for their compassionate care.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 in the East Millcreek Stake Center, 3103 East Craig Drive (3650 South), Millcreek. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Holbrook Mortuary, 3251 South 2300 East, Millcreek, and prior to the services at the stake center on Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News on May 16, 2017.
Born in Salt Lake City on April 15, 1952 to Alvin Charles and Afton Romney Soderborg, Laurel was — as her sixth grade award from Sherman Elementary noted — "an excellent example of a lady at all times." Wherever she went, she made lifelong friends-from her Young Women's group in the Rosecrest Ward, to Skyline High, to Brigham Young University, to Washington, D.C. (where she served as an aide to Senator Patrick Leahy) to countless Young Women's and Relief Society callings.
At gatherings, Laurel made special effort to seek out each individual and make them feel appreciated, loved, and accepted. She had a gift for making everything fun. No camp or trek will be quite the same without her infectious and unconstrained laughter, which carried far and wide both day and night.
In 1987, she was introduced by a mutual friend to Robert (Robb) Cundick, Jr. On a Christmas trip to New York City, they were inspired by a Broadway play to make the jump "Into the Woods," after which they hurried to Tiffany's for a ring and then made the engagement official on a carriage ride through Central Park. Three months later, they were married in the Salt Lake Temple. Although faced with tragedy at both the beginning (a stillborn baby) and the end, they were blessed with an unusually happy union and anxiously await a blissful reunion in the life to come.
Laurel is preceded in death by her parents and son, Charles Ross. She is survived by her husband, Robb; and children, Ben and Emma (Stephen) Petersen; as well as loving step-children, Joel (Kristin) Cundick, Bryce (Denisa) Cundick, and Gretel (Will) Cosman; and ten grandchildren. Also, siblings: Kathy (Martin) Vander Veur, Lynne (Ken) Dawson, Mark (Paula) Soderborg, Lee (Karen) Soderborg, Gayle (Dan) Roberts, and Eric Soderborg.
Special thanks to Dr. Anna C. Beck of Huntsman Cancer Institute and to hospice nurse, Susan, and her colleagues at Community Nursing Services for their compassionate care.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 in the East Millcreek Stake Center, 3103 East Craig Drive (3650 South), Millcreek. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Holbrook Mortuary, 3251 South 2300 East, Millcreek, and prior to the services at the stake center on Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News on May 16, 2017.
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