Mark Ross

Mark Ross, 52, died of lung cancer on March 28, 2007, in Cleveland, OH.

Mark was born in Long Beach, CA, and lived in Huntington Beach, CA, until his sophomore year in high school, when he moved to Fallbrook, CA, to live with his father, Vince Ross. Mark graduated from Fallbrook Union High School in 1972 and graduated from Johnson Wales in Providence, RI, in 1987 with an executive chef degree.

Mark is survived by father Vince Ross, Fallbrook; mother Linette Perkins, Huntington Beach; wife Carla Ross, Cleveland; brother Mike Perkins; sister Tracy Prentice; stepbrothers Phillip Harper, Carson City, NV, and Clint Harper, Temecula, CA; and stepsister Trisha DaRos, Australia.

An open memorial service and reception will be held at Palomares Park, 1815 South Stage Coach Lane, Fallbrook, at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15, 2007. For more information, call Vince at (760) 728-8749.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Fallbrook Land Conservancy.