Carlos Fernando Rojas

Carlos Fernando Rojas Roman left our world peacefully on Tuesday, October 1st at the age of 80, surrounded by his family. Carlos was from Charlotte, NC, formally from Montclair, NJ. Carlos was preceded in death by his wife Olga Elisa Flores de Rojas. 

Born in Lima, Peru on April 28, 1944, Carlos immigrated to the United States with his family in the 1980s. He was a decades-long employee at Marriott International where he served as head chef. He and his wife Olga moved to Charlotte in retirement to be closer to their grandchildren.

He is survived by his children Milagros Patricia Rojas Rodriguez of Paterson, NJ; Alberto Rojas Lammers and his husband Brent A. Lammers of Los Angeles, CA; Carlos G. Rojas and his wife Elisa M. Rojas of River Edge, NJ; Fernando D. Rojas and his wife Kate Rojas of Charlotte; grandchild Marjory Joanna Luque Rojas of Clifton, NJ; and grandchildren Anne, Mary Frances, Ella, Maura, and James.

Memorials may be made in his honor to: 

Levine Children Hospital, 1000 Blythe Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28203

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105