John Kovar

1872 - 1944  (71 years)

• Name	John Kovar
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  Nickname	Jan
  Born	2 Feb 1872	Moravia
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jan 1944	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Buried	31 Jan 1944	Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4491	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Paul Kovar, Sr.,   b. 20 Jan 1843,   d. 4 Nov 1899  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Veruna (Veronica) Swetlick Kovar,   b. 6 Jun 1840, Cichov, Moravia ,   d. 20 Aug 1926  (Age 86 years)
  Married	1862
  Family ID	F6144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Balusek Kovar,   b. 10 Jan 1874, Moravia ,   d. 26 Apr 1964, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 90 years)
  Married	11 Sep 1895
  Children	+ 1. Frances Kovar Matyak,   b. 25 Aug 1896, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 2 Jul 1965, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 68 years) + 2. Rosie Kovar Koci,   b. 9 Aug 1897, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 15 Nov 1985, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 88 years) + 3. Peter Paul Kovar,   b. 30 Jun 1899, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 20 Dec 1980, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 81 years) + 4. Mollie Kovar Mitchell,   b. 15 Apr 1903, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 30 Aug 1985, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 82 years) + 5. Charles Kovar,   b. 17 Dec 1905, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Feb 2007, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 101 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2018 10:05:34
  Family ID	F2634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Buried - 31 Jan 1944 - Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Kovar, John 1 JOHN KOVAR John Kovar was born in Moravia, Czechoslovakia, February 2, 1872, and passed to his reward at his home 4 1-2 miles east of Delia, Friday, January 28, 1944, aged 71 years, 11 months and 26 days. He came to the United States when 2 years old with his parents, Paul and Veronica Kovar. They first came to Topeka and later settled on a farm on Cross Creek 6 miles north of Rossville, in 1874. In his earlier days he joined the Presbyterian Church in Rossville. He was united in marriage to Anna Balusek on September 11, 1895. To this union were born five children, all of whom survive with the widow. They are Peter Kovar, Rossville; Charley Kovar, Delia; Mrs. Frances Matyak of Delia; Mrs. Rosie Koci, Auburn, Kans.; and Mrs. Mollie Mitchell of Oxnard, Calif; three ‘brothers, Paul, Joseph and William Kovar, Rossville; one sister, Mrs. Anna Scasta, Bryan, Texas; seventeen grandchidlren; one great-grandchild and a host of friends. Funeral services were held in the Delia Presbyterian Church, Monday afternoon, January 31st, with the Rev. N. P. Olney officiating. The pallbearers were Messrs. Joe Badura, John Kratina, Frank Stach, Ignace Korak, Paul Matyak and Phil Bahner. Burial was in the Czech-Moravian Cemetery. We desire to express our thanks and appreciation to friends and neighbors for sympathy in our recent bereavement, .and assistance of any kind during the long illness and death of our husband and father. Anna Kovar; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kovar, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Kovar, Mr. and Mrs. Matyak, Mr. and Mrs. Koci, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell.
  		Obituary- Kovar, John 2 Jan Kovar [No translation available at this time.]