Posted on 11/16/2018
Troy Solberg, 48, loving father and devoted husband, passed on November 12, 2018 after a year-long battle with Glioblastoma.
He was born December 28, 1969 in Madison Wisconsin a son of Eugene and Sandra Busch Solberg. Troy grew up on the lakes of Madison WI waterskiing and rowing crew with the Mendota Rowing Club which led him to the Naval Academy. He rowed crew with the Naval Academy’s Heavyweight Rowing team and worked with an Olympic lightweight development team in Boston at Riverside Rowing Club after graduation. At commissioning, he service-selected aviation and spent his 20-year Naval career flying the P3 Orion in VP-10, training new pilots at VT-10 in Pensacola, returned to the great state of Maine in the P3 Special Ops Squadron VPU-1, before finishing his career in the VR-62 Reserve squadron flying the C-130.
While fly-fishing was his true love and spending time on a stream with family and friends gave him complete joy; his community and supporting his kids and the youth surrounding him through scouting, sports programs and outdoor adventures was equally important. If you see a kid in the state of Maine on water skis, Troy likely taught them. His smile could light up a room, he was a friend to all, always quick with a kind word, encouragement and the time to talk to everyone in his path.
He is survived by his wife, Christine of Brunswick; his children, Quinn and Lila of Brunswick; his father Eugene Solberg of Chaska, MN; his mother, Sandra Solberg of Lady Lake, FL; two brothers, Eric Solberg of San Diego, CA, Scott Solberg of Middleton, WI; a sister, Kim Solberg of Lady Lake, FL; several nieces and nephews.
Troy, Christine and their children have received an unbelievable amount of support from the entire town of Brunswick and could not imagine this journey without them.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to Run Brunswick PO Box 823, Brunswick ME 04011 (runbrunswick.org), an organization devoted to providing track and field facilities to the youth of Brunswick, Maine.
A memorial service will be held 11am Saturday, December 1, 2018 at First Parish Congregational Church, Maine Street Brunswick. Memories and condolences can be shared at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.
The Times Record (Brunswick, ME)
16 November 2018