Linda M. Kowcheck, 78, formerly of Avella, Pa., died at 1:35 A.M. on Monday, July 16, 2018 at Rosewood of the Ohio Valley, McKees Rocks, Pa. She was born January 17, 1940 in Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pa., a daughter of the late Meryle Jennings and Kathryn Mary (Johnson) Kichman. Mrs. Kowcheck was a member of the St. Michael Roman Catholic Church in Avella, was a former member of the Wellsburg, W. Va. Art Association and a former member of the West Middletown Garden Club. Mrs. Kowcheck worked as the board secretary and business manager at the Northern Bedford County School District for 10 years before working 27 years at the Avella Area School District as board secretary and business manager. Her husband, M. Edward Kowcheck, whom she married on February 15, 1969, died July 26, 2011.
Surviving are two brothers, John Kichman and his wife, Joyce, of Hopewell, Pa. and William Kichman and his wife, Linda, of New Enterprise, Pa.; a sister, Judith Digon and her husband, George, of Mechanicsville, Va. and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
There will be no public viewing or funeral service.
The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the West Middletown Volunteer Fire Department, P. O. Box 97, West Middletown, PA 15379.
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