Jerome H. "Jerry" Soderberg

Soderberg Jerome H. "Jerry" Soderberg, 85, of Millville, passed away unexpectedly Saturday evening September 6, 2014 at the Inspira Medical Center in Vineland. The husband of the late Lois A. Soderberg (nee Moore) who passed away in 2013, they were married for 60 years. Jerry was born in Bancroft, Iowa and was the son of the late Herman F. and Elsie M. Soderberg (nee Mathson). During the Korean Conflict, Jerry served for four years in the U.S. Navy as a clerk on the SS Haynsworth. He worked as a mechanical supervisor for E.I. DuPont for 27 years. He was a dedicated member of the Evening Star Lodge #97 F&AM in Cedarville and he had held the highly esteemed rank of 33rd Degree Mason in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Jerry loved to play golf, shoot pool and was a self-proclaimed puzzle master but nothing gave him greater joy that watching his great granddaughter, Sydney play soccer. He is survived by two daughters, Susan Soderberg and her wife Terri King of Lancaster, PA and Nancy Williams of Millville, two grandchildren, Gregg Williams and Kelly Cline, one great granddaughter, Sydney Payton Williams, two brothers, Gerald Soderberg and his wife Beryl and Philip Soderberg and his wife Roberta, sister in law, Carol Fisher and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one great grandson, Jacob Christian Williams in 2010. Friends are invited to attend a memorial service on Thursday morning September 11th at 11 o'clock at the Freitag Funeral Home, 137 W. Commerce Street in Bridgeton with Rev. John Randall of the First United Methodist Church in Bridgeton officiating. The interment will take place with military honors at the Cumberland County Veteran's Cemetery in Hopewell Township. Friends will be received at the funeral home Thursday between 10 and 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Jerry's memory to the Shriner's Hospital for Children, 3551 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140-4131. Written condolences and tributes may be offered to the family via the funeral home website, freitagfuneralhome.com.