OBIT: Genevieve Doris (BENDER) KOVACIK, 1989, formerly of Berlin, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ KOVACIK Genevieve Doris (Bender) Kovacik, 64, Monessen, formerly of Berlin and Donora, died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 1989, in Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born Aug. 14, 1925, in Berlin, daughter of the late John and Edythe (Musser) Bender. She resided most of her life in Berlin and Donora, but moved to Monessen in 1971. A graduate of Berlin-Brothersvalley High School. Also preceding her in death: husband John J. Kovacik on Jan. 30, 1970; sisters, Mildred Roetter, Eleanor Bittner and Beatrice Bender, and brother, Maynard Bender. Survived by daughters, Mrs. Geraldine Dunlap, Meadville, and Karen Kovacik, San Francisco; sons, John J. Kovacik, Monessen, with whom she resided; and Douglas P. Kovacik, State College; sister, Irene Tressler, Boynton, and brother, John R. Bender, Berlin. Friends received in Paul Macik Funeral Home, 546 Thompson Ave, Donora, Pa., 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday. A blessing service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the funeral home. Interment in St. Dominic Cemetery, Donora. Daily American, November 29, 1989 [K1096]