![]() ![]() He moved to Orange County in 1978 where he lived and worked for the next 35+ years. During this time he began to work with various cultural resource companies on local paleontological, archaeological and historic projects in addition to growing his knowledge in all of those areas. Returning to San Diego, Mark proudly graduated from San Diego State University. He fondly remembered his stint as a tour guide at the Tar Pits and working in Mexico with the renowned John Fitch, collecting fish for comparative collections. ![]() ![]() Mark began his college education in San Diego and experienced many side jobs and detours along the way., including Los Angeles, where he worked and volunteered at the Page Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. He attended school in Chula Vista until his senior year in high school when the family moved to Descanso, and he graduated from Mountain Empire High School. It was there that he developed his love of the natural world and became interested in fossils. Mark grew up in Chula Vista, California, at a time when there was still a lot of open space, farmland, and places kids could play and explore. He is survived by his wife Kathryn, brother Ray, sister-in-law Lani, nephews Marvin and Ben, and many cousins and friends. He is predeceased by his parents, Jesse and Gert, and his older brother, Jim. Roeder, 69, passed away at home in San Marcos, California, on after a two and a half year battle with nodular melanoma. ![]()
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