Richard T. Romer

A long time resident of Clark County (30 years), Richard (Rich) T. Romer gave up his battle with cancer on Sunday, June 17th. He died peacefully in his sleep and was surrounded by his family. Rich’s main interests in life could be distilled to two things: family and work. It can be said that he excelled at both.

Rich was survived by his loving and supportive family: his wife of 28 years, Priscilla Romer; his son Kevin Romer and wife Cora; his son Tim Romer and wife Lori; his daughter Katie Flores and husband Sandro; the twinkle in his eye, his granddaughter Grace Ireland Flores; and his brothers and sister, Harold Romer, Pat Romer and Doreen Gladstone.

Rich was born in New York City, New York on July 23, 1950. As his family traveled west, Rich’s thirst for life and knowledge allowed many doors to open. Rich received a Masters Degree in Civil Engineering with emphasis on Transportation. He was a Civil Engineer in Transportation for his entire professional career. He began his professional career in Public Works with the City of Scottsdale. From there, he went on to become the City Traffic Engineer for the city of Palm Springs, California. His hard work and dedication led him to the city of Las Vegas where he initiated and developed many major projects for Clark County and received numerous local, regional and national awards in transportation and pedestrian studies. He continued to achieve his goals as he began a second engineering career with Orth-Rodgers & Associates. There he continued to be extremely active in the professional development of staff, transportation engineering and served as International President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). He then went on to serve on the Professional Traffic Operation Engineers (PTOE) Board of Directors. Rich was a mentor and friend to many local and regional transportation engineers instilling the professionalism necessary for this field of work.

A private memorial service is planned for Friday, June 29th. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Nevada Cancer Institute in his name, located at 10441 W. Twain Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89135.

Arrangements under the direction of Palm South Jones Mortuary, Las Vegas, NV.