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Edd J Kovar

Male 1905 - 1989  (83 years)


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  • Name Edd J Kovar 
    Born 25 Jan 1905  Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Jan 1989 
    Buried Evergreen Memorial Park, Wenatchee, Douglas County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4473  Rossville
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2019 

    Father Paul Peter Kovar, Jr.,   b. 20 Jan 1867, Seninka, Moravia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1962, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Mother Frances Kovarik Kovar,   b. 24 Feb 1874,   d. 7 Feb 1939, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1894  Bryan, Brazos County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F693  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Selma Edwards Kovar 
    Married 30 Mar 1932  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Nancy Marie Kovar Messley Lightfield,   b. 7 Aug 1934
     2. Duane Kovar
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2017 10:46:37 
    Family ID F2663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Kovar, Edd
    Obituary- Kovar, Edd

    Edd J. Kovar
    Edd J. Kovar, 83, of Wenatchee, Wash., died Monday, January 16, 1989, in Colonial Vista Nursing Home following an extended illness.

    He was born January 25, 1905, at Delia, to Paul and Frances Kovarik Kovar where he grew up and attended school, then worked on the family farm.

    He married Selma Edwards at Topeka, on March 30, 1932, and they made their first home at Rossville, where he owned and operated a feed store and creamery. They moved to Wenatchee in 1941, where Mr. Kovar worked for Meadowmoor Dairy, then went to work managing two fruit orchards in, the Wenatchee Valley. In the early 1950s, he went to work at the Wells and Wade sheet metal shop until 1953, when he went to work at Van Doren Equipment. He retired in 1970.

    Mr. Kovar was a member of Central Christian Church and was a past member of the National Rifle Association.

    Survivors include his wife, Selma, at home; one son, Duane Kovar, Spokane, WA; one daughter, Nancy Lightfield, Clarkston, WA; four brothers, George Kovar, Merriam, Emial Kovar, Rossville, Ben Kovar, Atchison, and Henry Kovar, Overland Park; one sister, Letha Olejnik, Delia; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one brother and three sisters.

    Services were Friday at 2:30 p.m. with Pastor Dick Davidson officiating. Interment followed in Evergreen Memorial Park.

    Telford's Chapel of the Valley was in charge of arrangements.

    Contributions may be made to the Central Christian Church or to the Parkinson's Foundation.