STAN ROLLER (1962-2020)
It is with great sadness to share that our friend and POZitive Attitudes group member, Stan Roller, age 58, passed away on Sunday night. He suffered from advanced anal cancer caused by HPV and AIDS. He has asked me to share this information with you upon his death. Stan considered the Group a strong support system like an extended family. Your kindness and friendship was so appreciated. So many of you called, visited and took him to medical visits. He was always touched by the kindness.
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Stan was born in Tampa and raised in Chicago. He was a successful Property Manager for many years. Stan had been HIV positive since 1995. Stan had a message to share: “Don’t be a dude” because other diseases besides HIV can catch you too. “Make sure you are having all tests, vaccines and seeing your doctor regularly. Stan continued to have a great sense of humor despite everything. He lived with his adorable dog,”Duchess.” She has since been adopted. He is also survived by his 88 year father, Harold Roller, of Chicago and his Cathey Roller.
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His father has some interesting and humorous things to share. “Stan always would read a book a week since childhood. His vocabulary was so big the we had to look up words in the dictionary just to know what he was talking about half the time. He had the gift of gab for someone who was rather shy.” Stan was very independent and somewhat of a loner. But, he loved going to Group, and said it helped to get him outside his shell. Stan LOVED going the Friday Night Movies and rarely missed one. Once he showed up to a movie and went to the wrong theatre, where he “saw a wonderful show anyway!” I admired that kind of spirit.
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Personally I will miss our dinners after the movies, long talks about how much he detested “Rump” as he called him. Please share any thoughts or memories about Stan during this Thursday POZitive Attitudes group Zoom. Stan’s wish was to be cremated with no official memorial service. He will be missed and remembered fondly.
–JOHN RAMOS
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I will miss you Stan rest in peace
Condolences for Family and Friends. He will be missed. May Stan RIP.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2020, 5:07 PM POZitive Attitudes wrote:
> Jramos4000@aol.com posted: “STAN ROLLER (1962-2020) It is with great > sadness to share that our friend and POZitive Attitudes group member, Stan > Roller, age 58, passed away on Sunday night. He suffered from advanced anal > cancer caused by HPV and AIDS. He has asked me to share this ” >