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Phyllis Soderholm Obituary

SODERHOLM, PHYLLIS ANN, 76, of Ft. Myers, FL, died peacefully at her residence on Wednesday, February 23, 2005. She was a member of the Delta Airline Stewardess Association. She also was a Pair Master for the AAU and F.I.L.A. and the unofficial goodwill ambassador for the United States in Central and South America for Amateur Wrestling. She became one of the first female high school referees in wrestling. Surviving are her husband Jack Soderholm of Ft. Myers; daughters Susan Ann (John) Stormant of Alachua, FL and Jaime Lou (Jack) Cribbs of Hendersonville, TN, sons Jon Scott (Mary Lou) Soderholm of Homestead, FL and David Edward Soderholm of Miami, FL; brother Edward Townley of Ft. Myers, FL; grandchildren Sean, Matthew and Rebecca. The family prefers that in lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Friends of Lover's Key Inc., 8700 Estero Blvd., Ft. Myers Beach, FL 33931. May God bless her with eternal peace. To visit this Guest Book Online, go to www.herald.com/obituaries.

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Published by the Miami Herald on Mar. 2, 2005.

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