Christopher Michael Laskowski

Chris is survived by his Father Roger Laskowski, Sister Jennifer Cortez, Brother in Law Steve

Cortez, Niece Alyssa Cortez, His Love Misty Mason. Lifetime friends Nick Blandford, Dave

Henderson and Bryan McKenna.

Chris is preceded in death by Grandmother Frances Laskowski, Grandmother Alicia Lazo,

Grandfather Lewis Lazo, Mother Theresa Laskowski, Lifetime Friend Ryder Meek.

In lieu of a service a celebration of life will be held in honor of Chris at the end of Oct. at Rogers

home. Final details to come at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations to a charity of your choice in memory of Chris Laskowski would be

appreciated.

Chris was born on October 30, 1980 in Wayne, MI. He spent his early years in Canton MI, a

suburb of Detroit. Chris was the baby mom's dream of having. Content, eats, sleeps, coos. He

was a happy baby. No trouble at all. Then came the terrible twos and from that moment on

Roger and Theresa never stood a chance. Chris was very intelligent, yet very mischievous.

Even at two his problem solving skills were very good. Chris enjoyed exploring in the middle of

the night. His favorite game was to leave his room and go outside in just his pajamas and in

over a foot of snow, go for a walk. As you can imagine this was not parent approved. Tried

vaseline on the doorknob, too slick for him to turn. Chris uses a shirt to grip the knob. Put a

hook latch on the outside of the door. Chris climbed the dresser drawers breaking them to the

top of the dresser and used a hanger to flip the latch. Ultimately Chris was in lockdown. This

would be the first of many for Chris.

The Laskowski Family moved to San Antonio in 1985. Chris soon starts at Montgomery

Elementary. There they learn how intelligent he really is. His reading comprehension is great.

He loves knowledge and to show his knowledge to people. Yet Chris’s teachers notice some

issues with Chris doing the work. He can tell you all day, but handwriting was sloppy and he

refused to do paperwork. He was bored in his classes so he would disrupt class and act out.

Ultimately the school decided they want him to skip a grade, but socially Chris is lacking. Later

in elementary he did skip a grade. He hadn't found his people yet. Chris was a very thoughtful,

loving, caring, loyal, protective person. If you were his person, you knew he loved you. Chris was

a “ride or die” before there was a “ride or die”. School was very rough for Chris. It was very

heartbreaking to watch him struggle. It was ultimately discovered Chris had dyslexia,

dysgraphia among other learning disabilities that affected his ability to write and other fine motor

and coordination skills. BUT never his ability to argue.

Ed White Middle School. This is where Chris’s life changed forever. The poor teachers at Ed

White. This is where Chris first started to sharpen his skills, that would stay with him forever.

Chris loved to challenge and debate. You could be a Doctor MD or PHD. He would challenge

your knowledge of your field then debate you until out of frustration you wanted to cause

physical bodily harm to him. But he did make you think and challenged those around him to

learn. Around 7th grade he met Nick Blandford. Some guy was hassling Nick. Chris and Nick

had been acquaintances since their time at Montgomery Elementary School. Chris has been

bullied so he didn’t like bullies. Chris pushed the guy into the bathroom and beat the shit out of

him with his own chain leather wallet. From that day on Nick and Chris were great friends. Chris

had started to find his people. Then came Bryan McKenna AKA Bucky. Chris knew what it was

like to be tormented and ostracized. Chris made you feel normal and welcomed, an instant

camaraderie. Bucky truly befriended Chris and joined the group in the eighth grade with James

Watson.

Around 8th grade Dave Henderson AKA Bevis joined the group. Bevis noticed Chris was

smarter than the average bear. He knew he was going to get into some great adventures, so he

tagged along for the ride. Amazing adventures the gang had. Around sophomore year Ryder

Meek made 6. The hell-raising, heavy metal loving, gun enthusiasts, mischievous, don't give a

damn, march to the beat of their own drum group were together up through high school.

As people do upon Graduation everyone went their separate ways. Nick joined the Army. Dave

joined the USMC. Ryder, Bryan and Chris started working as apprentice machinists at an

engine porting shop. The engines were Nascar engines. They loved it. After a while Ryder

started to settle down and started a family. Bryan moved out of state and became an IT

Professional and settled down starting a family as well. Lucky for Chris, by this time Nick was

back from the Army. Nick and Chris started working as Repo men for a towing company, then

took a job at an apartment complex. Chris found his calling. He loved it. Bounty hunting, repo,

bill collecting, skip tracing. If it involved finding some and taking something or someone Chris

was in. The adrenaline, the possible danger. Dave also returned and reunited with the group..

In mid 2017 Chris moved from Houston back to San Antonio to live with the love of his life Misty

Mason. He couldn’t have been happier. He loved Misty with everything he had. In 2018 they

moved to Dallas for Mistys work. With all the political madness going on to debate with people

and other good conversions with Misty by his side, Chris was living his best life.

In 2020 Bryan returned to San Antonio and reconnected with Chris.

Unfortunately , it was all abruptly turned upside down at the end of May 2020. Chris became

very sick. He was taken by EMS and immediately intubated. It resulted in 10 months in ICU and

14 in an LTCA. Chris as usual win or lose wasn’t going down without a fight. Misty never left

Chris’s side.

While Chris was in the hospital Misty and Chris were finally able to buy a home that was theirs.

In February 2022 Chris came home to his home and Misty. He needed lots of care. Misty took

care of him while working full time.

On July 8th he became sick again. Again taken by EMS and immediately intubated, On July 27,

2022 at 1:13 pm Chris was taken from his ICU room to the OR where there was a transplant

team waiting. Chris peacefully passed at 2:14. Chris was an organ donor. The transplant team

removed his two kidneys and pancreas for transplant. Right then Chris’s final act of caring had

forever changed the lives of 3 families who would carry a part of Chris with them throughout

their lives. Chris’s final wishes reflected his long love of the pursuit of knowledge. He wanted

that which could not be used for donation to be used for research. Thanks to his final act of

caring the possibilities are endless for the people and families he is going to help and good he

will do. We couldn’t be more proud of Chris.

Nick, Dave, Bryan and Chris were still friends, until Chris’s final moments. Ryder unfortunately

passed, February 8, 2021. He was also still friends with everyone until his last moments.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.andersonclaytongonzalez.com for the Laskowski family.