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Obituary- Kovar, George

George Kovar
George Kovar, 92, Merriam, died
December 14, 1989, in the Sharonlane Nursing Home in Shawnee.

He was born in Rossville and moved to Merriam in 1935.

Mr. Kovar worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 30 years, retiring as a railway clerk supervisor in 1958.

He was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees; and a member and elder of Overland Park Christian Church. He was an Army veteran of World War I and a member of the Peter Smith Post of the American Legion and the Shawnee Mission Barracks of the Veterans of World War I.

Mr. Kovar was a member of the Shawnee Masonic Lodge and the Johnson County Past Masters Club.

Survivors include his wife, Hazel Vivian Kovar, of the home; a son, Gilbert G. Kovar, and a daughter, Hazel J. McCullough, both of Overland Park; two brothers, Emial Kovar, Rossville, and Henry Kovar, Overland Park; a sister, Letha Olejnik, Delia; six grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services were at the Amos Family Chapel, Shawnee. Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the George Kovar memorial fund at the church.