Edd J Kovar

1905 - 1989  (83 years)

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

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Selma Edwards Kovar
  Married	30 Mar 1932	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  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 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.