Matthew Stromberg

Stromberg, Matthew On Saturday July 11th 2015 Matthew Martin Stromberg went peacefully home to be with our Lord and savior in the kingdom of heaven. He was 47 years old and is survived by his wife Angela Stromberg, parents Russ and Tricia Stromberg and brother Rusty Stromberg. Matt was a graduate of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD where he went on to became a naval aviator. In 1996 upon returning from his deployment to South Korea he was diagnosed with brain cancer. After surviving major surgery and cancer treatment, Matt was medically retired and successfully transitioned into a civilian career with the Boeing Company in Seattle, where he worked on the F22 program. He left Boeing in 2003 to move to Orlando and form his own company, Viper Technology Services, which provides software support to the defense industry. Through the journey of his medical recovery Matt found faith in Christ and a much more significant reason to live. He was passionate about how his faith in Christ would navigate him through all of his days. Matt became a living testimony to the vitality of the human spirit, masterful at the art of living one day at a time, he was never burdened by what the future would bring. Life for Matt was about the relationship and not the task. With creative questioning that would stretch your mind and take you off guard, he took great joy in engaging conversation, wherever you were, whatever the subject. He was an enviable husband that took great pride in mastering the element of surprise in the bountiful ways he showed love for his wife. He was a trusted friend who's spontaneous acts of humor closed the miles between them, and he was a selfless employer who considered the opinion and experience of those on his team to be more valuable than his own. During this 18 month battle with his second round of brain cancer he grew to know God more deeply than ever before. He was truly selfless and cared more about what he could do for others than his own difficulties in life. We will be honoring his well lived life on Saturday August 1st at 10.00am at The First Methodist Church, 125 N Interlachen Dr, Winter Park, FL 32789. Matt will be laid to rest at Arlington. The family has established a scholarship fund to honor Matt at the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, which provides funds to educate the children of Marines and Navy Corpsmen. Gifts can be made in memory of: Captain Matthew M. Stromberg USMC www.mcsf.org/stromberg