Awe, this hurts, Roger had a beam of sunshine about himself. Vaya con Dios, amigo.

Wow!

I’ve lost a lot of friends recently but This one hurts. I met Roger as an 18 year old punk working grounds and building maintenance at Breckenridge ski resort. We spent 4 summers and three winters together. We were renovating a hut on peak 8 and there was so much mouse shit he coined the name “Hanta hut”. Lol. His smile demeanor and positivity will never be forgotten. I to this day consider him a mentor. His skills, experience and knowledge of life were and are of great significance to me. I’ve only met a few few men capable of smiling in the face of shit. That sob grinned it into flowers. I lost touch with roger for a decade plus. And one day this summer I saw him at a place I was working and couldn’t let the face go. As he was leaving I said hey man I feel like I know you, he replied that’s funny I was just telling my wife I feel like I know that guy. Took a couple minutes to figure it out but eventually we did. Over the last eight months I saw him frequently and got to reminisce over times and memories of importance to me and hopefully to him and people that I lost touch with. He repeatedly offered me to come up to his place and ski and I regret that I never did. If I had known this would be our last year together I surely would’ve taken him up on that. I am grateful for the lessons experiences and time I got to spend with him because not everybody is as special as what that man represented. Rest in peace my good friend. 

• Denise. I was  so shocked and sad to hear of Roger's passing. He was a beautiful soul and we all had so much fun working with him at the Hilton. I feel greatly honored to have met you two and all the good times we had. My love to you. Sonya Smith.
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