Frances Kovalchick

Frances Kovalchick, 93, of Butler, died Sunday evening, February 19, 2017, at the St. Clair Family Hospice in Pittsburgh.

Born October 12, 1923 in Sykesville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Stephan and Frances Zbuckvich.

She was the Secretary and Book keeper for the Kovalchick Supply Company. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church in Lyndora and also St. John's Ladies Guild. Her hobbies included crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, crafts, gardening and canning. She enjoyed biannual trips to Disney World, had loved animals and birds and was an avid supporter of the Pittsburgh Aviary and the Phipps Conservatory. Her and sister Julia had married twin brothers.

Surviving are her children, Georgiann Maitland of Butler; Carolyn Wilkinson of Pittsburgh; Frances (John) Vissari of Butler; Karen Kovalchick of Butler; Stephanie Ragan of New Mexico; George (Kay) Kovalchick of Butler.

Grandchildren: Misty (Shawn) Maitland Stahl, Sherry (Jeff) Billett, Francine (Chris) Maitland Abbott, Rachael (Jeff) Smith, John (Missy) Vissari, Jennifer (Don) Hogg, Jessica (Justin) Cooper and Shannon Kovalchick.

Great grandchildren: Dalton, Breck, Jackson, Scarlett, Adrienne, Alyson, Haley, Olivia and Kyle.

2 sisters: Helen Buckwalter of Texas and Julia Kovalchick of Sykesville, PA.

1 brother, Frank Zbuckvich of East Butler.

She was preceded in death by her husband, George Kovalchick, whom she married June 27, 1942, he died March 11, 2008; an infant son, George Stephen Kovalchick; also 3 sisters.

Friends will be received at the Geibel Funeral Home, 201 East Cunningham Street, Butler, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, at 10:30 a.m., at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, 105 Kohler Avenue, Lyndora. Entombment will be in the Mausoleum of Calvary Cemetery, Butler.

Parastas Services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Funeral Home.

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