- Date Of Birth: July 14, 1973
- Date Of Death: November 6, 2019
- State: Colorado
Roland Lee Romero was born to Richard and Dora Romero, in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was raised in the Grand Valley and graduated from Fruita Monument High School, in 1992. He served with the US Marine Corps, from 1993-1997, and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, CA. After his time with the USMC, he spent many years working in Oregon and Colorado, as a youth counselor, with a number of youth programs.
Roland met the love of his life, Alicia, while he was employed at the Allied Building Products. They were married on November 22, 2008. Together, they have a daughter, Mariana, and Roland assumed the role of father to Alicia’s three older daughters: Leticia Rosales, Alivia Bell (Richie), and Monica Fair (Tejay). Roland was a loving and committed father to all four of his daughters, and the newest delight of his life were his incredibly loved grandchildren: Zyren, Kynslee, and Ronin.
Roland accepted Jesus, as his Savior, in 2008, and his life was forever changed. His love and trust in the Lord was very strong, and he led many to the Lord, through his personal testimony of life-change. Roland truly loved and cherished his family and close friends. He was an excellent husband, father, and friend to many. He loved sports, wrestling, fishing, running, hanging out on Friday nights, doing family movie nights, and coaching Mariana’s soccer team, for seven years. He loved every moment of his time with the Fire FC team.
His fun personality, giant smile, sense of humor, and generous spirit were evident to everyone who knew him. Roland is survived by: his wife, daughters, and grandchildren, along with his parents, sisters, Corina Romero and Lisa Villarreal, and brother, Rich Romero. He is preceded in death by: his childhood friend, Lito, his cousin, Randy, brother-in-laws, Danny and Lano, and his father-in-law, Allen. He will be dearly missed.
