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Benjamin H. Kovar, 82, Atchison, died Friday, Aug. 25, 1989, at an Atchison hospital.

Mr. Kovar was a rural mail carrier for nine years before his retirement in 1969. Before that he had been a railway mail service clerk for 22 years, and owned and managed the farm where he was born. He served in the Army during World War II.

He was born Nov. 20, 1906, in Delia, the son of Paul and Frances Kovarik Kovar. He was graduated from Delia High School in 1926.

Mr. Kovar was a member of the First Christian Church, Fleming- Jackson-Seever Post. No. 6 of the American Legion, the Railway Mail Association and the Atchison County Historical Society. He also was a member of the Shawnee County Conservation Association, National Rural Letter Carriers Association, National Association of Federal Retired Employees and the American Postal Worker Association.

He was Married to Belva Webb on Nov. 29, 1931, in St. Joseph, Mo. She died May 13, 1983.

Survivors include a son, Gary Kovar, Atchison; a daughter, Linda Contreras, Atchison; three brothers, Emial Kovar, Rossville, George Kovar, Merriam, and Henry Kovar, Overland Park; a sister, Letha Ole jnik, Delia; three grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildrcn.

Services were at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Christian Church. Burial was in Mount Vernon Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church or the charity of the donor's choice.



ATCHISON — Benjamin H. Kovar, 82, At-chison, died Friday, Aug. 25, 1989, at an Atchison hospital.

Mr. Kovar was a rural mail carrier for nine years before his retirement in 1969. Before that he had been a railway mail service clerk for 22 years, and owned and managed the farm where he was born. He served in the Army during World War II.

He was born Nov. 20, 1906, in Delia, the son of Paul and Frances Kovarik Kovar. He was graduated from Delia High School in 1926.

Mr. Kovar was a member of the First Christian Church, Fleming-Jackson-Seever Post No. 6 of the American Legion, the Railway Mail Association and the Atchison County Historical Society. He also was a member of the Shawnee County Conservation Association, National Rural Letter Carriers Association, National Association of Federal Retired Employees and the American Postal Workers Association.

He was married to Belva Webb on Nov. 29, 1931, in St. Joseph, Mo. She died May 13, 1983.

Survivors include a son, Gary Kovar, Atchison; a daughter, Linda Contreras, Atchison; three brothers, Emial Kovar, Rossville, George Kovar, Merriam, and Henry Kovar, Overland Park; a sister, Letha Olejnik, Delia; three grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Christian Church. Burial will be in Mount Vernon Cemetery. Relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Becker- Stanton Mortuary. Mr. Kovar will lie in state an hour before the service at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church or the charity of the donor's choice.

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