Bernell R. Kovach

Bernell R. Kovach, 84 of Lorain, died unexpectedly Wednesday, March 31, 2004 in Community Health Partners West. She was born March 3, 1920 in Lorain, Ohio, where she resided most of her life. Mrs. Kovach was a Lorain High School graduate, then attended the University of Michigan on a scholarship and a graduate of Kent State University. She had been employed at American Telephone and Telegraph Co. of Lorain as a technical engineer for 10 years, retiring in 1960. She also worked as a floral designer for Irene and Albert, and Albert Eltham Florists, both in Lorain. She was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Lorain and former member and past President of the former Cecilian Choir of the church, which was responsible for the initiation and installation of chimes on the church's organ. She also served as Financial Secretary for the Polish Women's Alliance of America. Survivors include two brothers, Daniel Pawlak and John Pawlak both from Lorain, Ohio; two sisters, Rosella Paysor of LaGrange, Ohio, and Florence Kilmer of Grandview, MO; and, several nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her husband Stephen Kovach (1987), parents, John and Rose (nee Matuszak) Pawlak, late police chief brother Frank Pawlak, brothers Leo and Stanley, sister Jeanette Szymanski-Smolka, and guardian former Postmaster Albert Matuszak. Private visitation will be held at Dombrowski-Volak-Riddle Funeral Home, Lorain. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 418 West 15th Street, Lorain, OH, at 11 am on Saturday, April 3, 2004, with Reverend Robert Glepko officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery.