Chris M. Korologos

Chris Mike Korologos, 62, died suddenly at home of a medical disorder on Jan. 18, 2022. He was born Nov. 27, 1959 the son of Mike Chris Korologos and Myrlene McAllister Korologos.

He graduated from Salt Lake City’s Skyline High School and attended the University of Utah. In 1974-75 he was a Page in the U.S. Senate where one of his fondest memories – and oft-told stories – pertained to him and other Pages following then-Vice President Nelson Rockefeller as he visited Senate offices and scooping up from ash trays remnants of the vice president’s high-priced, hand-made Cuban cigars to collect as souvenirs the prized paper bands which graced the stogies.

While in high school he became an outstanding debater, a skill he used throughout his career while negotiating for benefits on behalf of his employees while serving as a hotel manager for major hospitality chains in Utah, Arizona and California. He started his hotel career as one of the first bellmen at the original Sheraton Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City and later graduated from the Marriott Hotel Management School in Washington D.C.

Chris married Penny Butters, later divorced; and Anne Purol, later divorced. On May 15, 1999, he married his soulmate, Shauna Kay Long in Salt Lake City. They enjoyed 20-plus years of “memory-making” experiences wherever they lived and vacationed. Shauna died Dec. 13, 2021.

Sentimental, witty and an exceptional cook of Greek meals, Chris also was an excellent skier and enjoyed skiing with family at Alta and traveling to Greece where he visited his family’s roots. Another of his prized experiences was boating and camping with Shauna with their powerful speedboat named “Chill Pill” at Shasta Lake and Whiskeytown Lake in California and at Lake Powell in Arizona and Utah.

Chris is survived by his father Mike Chris Korologos and brother Tony (Alisanne); nephews Michael Korologos (Maquel), St. George; and Seve Korologos; and nieces Alexis and Alyssa Korologos and grand-niece Sahara, all Salt Lake City. He was preceded in death by his mother, Myrlene McAllister Korologos, and grandparents Christ T. and Irene K. Korologos and Jack and Myrle R. Holt.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, Jan. 25, at The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 279 South 300 West, in Salt Lake City. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the services begin at 11 a.m. Interment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Salt Lake City.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake, 279 South 300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 (GOCSLC.org.) or to a charity of your choice.

Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.larkincares.com.