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     Frank Kovac

  Frank R. Kovac, 76, of McIntyre,
 died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1997, at Indi-
 ana Hospital.
  The son of Frank and Mary Unetic
 Kovac, he was born April 9, 1921, in
 Homer City.
Mr. Kovac was a member of St.
John Russian Orthodox Church,
Black Lick, and a graduate of Ho-
mer City High School. He was a
retiree of Westinghouse Special Met-
als Plant with 30 years of service. He
belonged to the Westinghouse
Clerks' Association and the Westing-
house Veteran's Association of
Blairsville. A veteran of World War
II, he served in the U.S. Army in the
South Pacific Theater. He was a
member of the American Legion
Post 57, Saltsburg, the Coal Run
Veterans, C&Y Sportsmen Club,
Tide Sportsmen Club and the Slo-
vene National Benefit Society,
Lodge 223 of Greensburg.
  Surviving are his beloved wife,
Helen Protz  Kovac, McIntyre; a son,
Richard and wife Janet Medvide
Kovac, McIntyre; a grandson, Jason
Kovac; three sisters: Mary Ann
Kellar, Ford City; Pauline Ander-
son, Monroeville; Mrs. Joseph (Jen-
nie) Noga, Homer City; a nephew,
John Kovac, California; an aunt,
Frances Medved; and other cousins
and relatives in Canada and many
nieces and nephews.
  He was preceded in death by his
parents; a son, Frank R. Kovac Jr.;
stepfather George Penko, in 1983; a
brother, Edward Kovac, in 1984.
 Friends will be received Saturday
from 7-9 p.m. and Sunday from 2-4
and 7-9 p.m. at the Bence-Mihalcik
Funeral Home in Indiana where a
Parastas service will be held at 7:30
p.m. Sunday. Funeral services will
be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St.
John Russian Orthodox Church, with
the Fr. Michael Senyo officiating.
Interment will follow in Oakland
Cemetery, Indiana.
 The family requests memorial
contributions be made to St. John
Russian Orthodox Church building
fund, Black Lick, Pa. 15716.