Andrew Kovach

Andrew Kovach, age 98 of Greensboro, Pa., died at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, February 08, 2015 in the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Pa. He was born May 16, 1916 in Grays Landing, Fayette County, Pa. a son of the late Louis and Helen Marie (Kreson) Kovach. Mr. Kovach had resided in Greene County since 1922. He started working for Duquesne Light, Warrick Mine and retired after 33 years of service and was a 60 year member of the United Mine Workers of America Local 6310. Mr. Kovach also was a co owner in two local mines, Sowden & Kovach Coal Company and Valley Coal Company. He served two terms as a Monongahela Township Supervisor, coached Little League baseball in Greensboro and volunteered with the local Boy Scouts of America Pack and Troop. Mr. Kovach was a member of the Greensboro Presbyterian Church, where he had served as Treasure, Secretary and Elder. He was a member of the Valley Lodge #459, F & A.M., Masontown, Pa., Uniontown Lodge of Perfection and the Scottish Rite Bodies in the Valley of Pittsburgh. Mr. Kovach enjoyed carpentry work, discussing politics and passing on the local history through the stories he told. Above all he loved his family by being a husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle. On July 25, 1940 he married Pauline D. (Nassar), with whom he celebrated 70 years of marriage, until her death on August 1, 2010. Surviving is a son, Andrew L. Kovach and his wife, Cindy of Morristown, N.J.; a daughter, Sandra L. Engott and her husband, Raymond of Richmond, Va.; two grandchildren, Raymond Andrew Engott and his wife, Leslie and Courtney Leigh Masseur and her husband, Paul; one sister, Margaret Tencer of Morgantown, W.Va. and several nieces and nephews. Deceased are four brothers, Steve Kovach, Charles Kovach, Louis Kovach, Jr. and William Kovach and four sisters, Mary Helen Kovach in infancy, Pearl E. Kayla, Helen Enoff and Ethel Mikita. Family and friends are welcome from 5 to 8 P.M. Thursday in the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Carmichaels, Pa., where services will be held at 11:00 A.M Friday, February 13, 2015 with the Rev. Dr. Robert M. Randolph officiating. Interment will follow in Monongahela Hill Cemetery, Greensboro. A Masonic service will be held on Thursday evening at 7:00 P.M. in the funeral home.