Cole Mccoy Kovac, December 23, 1969 to February 13, 2025. He died in Houston, Texas, at 55. He was Chad Kovac’s brother. This door is his memorial, kept by the family that loved him.
Cole, this one is yours. The work, the road, and the books are all here, the way you left them.
Cole Mccoy Kovac was born on December 23, 1969. He died on February 13, 2025, in Houston, Texas, at 55. He was Chad Kovac’s brother.
After Cole died, Chad gathered his records and arranged his cremation. This door is part of the same care: a place where his name and his work stay standing.
Cole was a remodel man. He worked for himself through Does Things LLC, and his trade was showers and baths: the tear-out, the plumbing, the tile, the finish. A bathroom is small, unforgiving work. Everything in it has to be level, sealed, and right, and his was.
In January 2024, at 54, Cole earned an Iowa Class-A CDL. A man who had spent his working life with his hands went and qualified to drive the biggest rigs on the road, because the credential was there to earn and he meant to earn it.
Cole read thousands of books, mostly fiction. Not skimmed, not sampled: read, cover to cover, one after another, for decades. Whatever else the day held, there was a book in it. A man who reads that much carries whole worlds around with him, and he carried them gladly.
If you knew Cole, or knew of him, the comments on this door are open. Leave his name a kind word.
They get an email with the page you pick, plus a personal link to step inside.