
Roland was born on May 27, 1984 in Deming to Joe Trujillo and Lydia Valenzuela. He is survived by both of his parents; his wife, Amanda A. Valenzuela of Deming; one brother, Michael Valenzuela of Deming; three sisters, Sonya Valenzuela of Las Cruces, NM; Angela Valenzuela of Deming and Raven Trujillo of North Dakota; two step sons and one step daughter, Julissa Lopez. He is preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Emilio D. Valenzuela and one sister, Crystal Trujillo.
Memory can only tell us what we were, in the company of those we loved; it cannot define what each of us must now become…. He had an essence of rarity that most people seek in others they want to have in their lives. He cultivated himself growing up with important virtues that made him whom he was and maintained those virtues throughout his life. Loyalty, was a very strong belief that he had. Those that were a part of his life knew that his loyalty was one of a kind. It was a quality he had that people often took notice of. His loyalty to family and friends was very important to him. He was a very honest person with anyone that came into his path. He cared about his family and if anyone had become a friend to him; they themselves became his family. He was very true to himself and to those he cared for at all times. He was a person of many facets and his honesty and loyalty was only a small glimpse of who was. Deep in his heart he suffered by what others thought of him. He lived a life that judged him for someone he was not and he was often misunderstood by those that didn’t know him. He had an astonishing strength about him that others clearly saw. A strength that was not only physical so permanent that it seemed to have come from the very core of his soul. A blessing he was with a life so unfair. God gave us all someone so rare. If only life would pause and rewind just for a moment on the last days of life. So many things would be so different. Anyone who truly knew him; knew who he was. (Denied his rights to a life he deserved, by the people of this world. God, seen his Son saddened for what was his right and said, “Son you been there long enough; living in a world so unfair, it’s time to be free and fly in sky.”) We love you and will miss you dearly.
Visitation will be on Friday, October 2, 2020 from 3-4:30pm at Terrazas Funeral Chapel with a prayer of release to begin at 4:30pm with Pastor, Obel Rivera officiating.
Cremation will then take place at Terrazas Crematory.
Arrangements are with Terrazas Funeral Chapel & Crematory.