Patricia Jane Lloyd Soderlund, 61
She was 61 years of age and living with her daughter in Coeur d'Alene when she passed away on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011.
She was born Oct. 16, 1949, in Providence, R.I., to Leo and Rita Lloyd. She attended Saint Xavier's School in Providence, Rhode Island Junior College and The University of Rhode Island as well as the University of New York in Syracuse. She had worked in Sheppard's department store, a jewelry factory, the Navy's Torpedo testing lab in Rhode Island, as well as held positions in the University of Rhode Island Library. She was also a landlord and a loan officer. But her most important job was Mother. She met Bruce Soderlund while attending college and they were married Oct. 23, 1971.
She moved around the country with her family for many years before settling in Colorado Springs, Colo. Places she lived are Providence, Wickford, R.I., Yonkers, N.Y., Kessler AFB, Miss., Griffiss AFB, Williamsburg, Va., Alamogordo, N.M., Colorado Springs and Coeur d'Alene.
She was a very faithful Traditional Roman Catholic and she did a lot of research on Catholicism. She would find the means to help others in need when she had none. She was also an avid reader and loved gardening. She was a mother of three and grandmother to nine with one more grandchild on the way.
She loved to strike up conversations with random people in stores or on the street. She could talk for hours about her childhood and life experience.
She is survived by her son, Peter and his wife Cindy; her daughter, Elysia and her husband Jonathan; and her daughter, Mara and her husband Jesse; her grandchildren - Peter Jr., Laura, Matthew, Mckynzie, Michelle, Morghann, Genevieve, Michael and Isabella; her brother, Richard and his wife Lynn; nephew Brian, his wife and children; niece Cheri her husband and their children.
She was predeceased by her spouse, Bruce Soderlund (June 21, 2009); parents Leo and Rita Lloyd (Leo - July 13, 2004, Rita - May 27, 2005); brother Paul Lloyd (September 2009); brother-in-law Richard Soderlund (2002); uncle Father Paul Lloyd (January 2006) and nephew Patrick Lloyd (2006).
She will be greatly missed as she was loved by all that knew her.
Viewing will be held from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011, at The Springs Funeral Services, 3115 East Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80909. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, at Immaculate Conception Church, 626 Aspen Drive, Security, CO 80911. Burial will be at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colo.