Derek Edwin Roberts
May 26, 1965 - June 30, 2010
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Derek Edwin Roberts
May 26, 1965 - June 30, 2010
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Derek Edwin Roberts
Sunrise: May 26th, 1965
Sunset: June 30th, 2010
Derek Roberts was born to loving parents Don and Kathryn on May 26th 1965 in the city of Orange, California. Derek was a life long resident of Orange County and grew up in Tustin, attending the local schools and graduating from Tustin High School in 1984. He moved to Lake Forest, California in 1989 and resided there until he departed this life.
Derek was athletic throughout his entire life playing sports in his youth and continuing to play on Men’s Softball teams throughout his adult years. Derek was a hard working man and enjoyed his career as a grocery clerk in many local supermarkets. He enjoyed a 29 year career as an active member of the Retail Clerk’s Union and most recently worked at Albertson’s in San Clemente.
Derek’s loves were his family, friends and the outdoors. He met many of his friends skiing and hiking the local mountains and enjoyed special vacations to Yosemite, Bryce Canyon and Mammoth. He was an avid Lakers, Angels and Bronco’s fan and enjoyed getting together with friends and neighbors to watch games and grill tri tip. Derek was loyal to the Schipperke breed of dog and had two special friends in Bart and Chili.
Derek was called from this earth on June 30th at the age of 45 years old. We can now look to the local mountains and know that Derek is just a few steps ahead of us on the trail.
Derek is survived by his parents, Don and Kathryn Roberts of Banning, California. Younger brother Dean Roberts and his wife Kim, two nephews Austin and Trevor Roberts of Laguna Hills, California. A host of aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, neighbors and co-workers and his best friend Todd of Chino, California.
30 responses to Derek Edwin Roberts
Brenda Roberge says:
July 8, 2010
Dennis Milligan says:
July 8, 2010
We talked often about hiking and the Angels. I’ll think of him everytime Im at a the Big A or out in the wild.
Jennifer Debo says:
July 8, 2010
Dear Don, Kathryn, Dean, Kim, Austin, and Trevor,
Words cannot express how sorry I am for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Derek was a wonderful person. He will be missed by all those who were lucky to know him. He and I shared some amazing hikes last year. He will stay alive in my memory.
God bless,
Jen
Jim & Sandra Pyle says:
July 8, 2010
Our prayers are with you
John and Mary Lonegan says:
July 8, 2010
I’ve played softball and poker with Derek for the past 10 to 15 years but it will always be his poker playing that I’ll remember the most. When Derek came over to my house to play poker it was obvious sometimes that he did not understand some of the games even though he insisted he understood. Derek would make bets even when everyone could see from the cards showing it was impossible for him to win. He didn’t care, he bet anyway, sometimes even after we showed him that it was not possible for him to win. That’s what ended up burning you later in the night when you thought he was playing another game he didn’t understand and was making really bad bets. Thinking he didn’t understand the game, you would raise the bet as many times as you could to try and take every dime you could from him. You’d end with a lot of your money in the pot but you were sure you were going to win until he flipped his cards and it turned out that he did understand the game and had a good hand and all your money. I can’t tell you how many times I thought I had just taken him to the cleaners to find out he cleaned me out and I’m still not sure if he really understood some the games he beat me at. I don’t think we’ve had a poker game in the past five years that Derek’s play did not come up for discussion, it didn’t matter if he was there or not, someone always brought up Derek’s poker playing ‘skills’. I have no doubt that we’ll be talking about his poker play for years to come. I’m going to miss having him at the poker table.