Roland "Rol" Lee Romero
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Rolando 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 3 older daughters, Leticia Rosales, Alivia Bell (Richie), and Monica Fair (Tejay). Roland was a loving & committed father to all 4 of his daughters and the newest delight to 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 & cherished his family & 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 7 years. He loved every moment of his time with the Fire FC team. Roland was also an active volunteer in the Children's Ministry at Vineyard Community Church where he loved and was loved b a close-knit church family. 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, Cornia Romero and Lisa Villareal, and brother, Rich Romero. He is proceeded 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. A celebration of life will be held Friday, November 15, 2019 at 11 am at Downtown Vineyard Church, 402 Grand Ave, with a luncheon held afterward at Vineyard Community Church, 2711 Unaweep Ave. Burial with Military Honor Guard will e at 3 pm at Orchard Mesa Cemetery. Services have been entrusted to Jeff Gentry at Affordable Memorial Care.