Mark Aaron Roberts, 1942-2020 passed away on Saturday November 28, 2020, born in Spokane, WA at Sacred Heart Hospital, went to school at Valley Fort in Washington. Met his love of his life Mary Vivian Martinez Roberts in Utah where they were married June 25, 1965 and settled down in Herriman, Utah. worked at Kennecott Copper Mine for 10 years then Utah State Prison where he was a Captain at the time of his retirement after 23 years. After retirement, he decided to go truck driving for Mergenthaler Trucking for another 10 years before he truly retired.
He enjoyed fishing, camping, riding 4wheelers, hunting, boating in Strawberry and Lake Powell with his wife and 4 girls and all the grandkids. He loved to travel with his wife where they visited many places around the USA. He finally settled down in La Paz Valley, AZ for the winter months and then they traveled back to Utah to be with his girls and grandchildren.
“Don't expect everyone to understand your journey especially if they have never had to walk your path”
Parents: Luciano and Esmeralda Martinez, Guy and Geri Rowley. Mark and Mary Vivian enjoyed 55 glorious years together, having 4 daughters and 13 grand kids and 9 great grand kids. Mark had 3 other girls prior to marrying Mary Vivian with 9 grand kids.
We would like to thanks Debbie and Dawn from the hospice from Parker AZ they were the best at the last of Mark's life. They were our angels.
At this time there will be no funeral due to COVID. We will do a celebration of life summer of 2021