Chris Kowal

1955 - 2022

Chris Kowal
January 12, 1955 - January 9, 2022
Lexington, Kentucky - Chris Michael Kowal, age 66, passed quietly on 1/9/2022 at home in his sleep of natural causes.
Born in Utica, NY on 1/12/1955 Chris grew up in Binghamton NY where he attended St. John, The Evangelist and Catholic Central High School in Broome County, NY and competed on the wrestling team and played football. Following high school he completed his Associates Degree in Ophthalmic Dispensing at Erie Community College in Buffalo NY. Upon graduation he moved to Atlanta GA where he began his 40 year career as a Licensed Optician and met his wife and the love of his life, Terrell. Chris was an avid golfer, dog lover, lifelong "Trekkie" and a devoted family man. In his work he always placed patient centered care above profit, and was known and respected in his field. Chris loved watching the Cowboys play, TV Westerns, playing poker, and enjoyed a nice glass of Scotch or good Kentucky Bourbon.
Chris is preceded in death by his mother, Virginia Theresa (Dlugolecki) Kowal, and father, Chester Norbert Kowal. Chris is survived by his wife, Terrell Mae (Monroe) Kowal and children Nicholas Monroe Kowal and wife Melissa, Jeremy Michael Kowal and fiancé Jackie Carbuccia, Virginia (Ginger) Mae Kowal, mother-in-law, Edna Mae Monroe, bother-in-law, William Mendon Monroe and wife Angelica, siblings Jeri Ann Lobacz and husband Larry, David John Kowal and his wife Melissa, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements for a celebration of life will be announced at a later time. The family requests donations be made to: Bluegrass Care Navigators, (formerly Hospice of the Bluegrass) Live Long and Prosper.