Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJoseph KOVACH 
Birth Date14 Feb 1876
Birth PlaceSaint Yuri, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Death Date20 Feb 1950 Age: 74
Death PlaceReliance, Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Burial PlaceRock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Rock Springs Cemetery
Spouses
Birth Date17 Dec 1879
Birth PlaceYugoslavia
Death Date4 Dec 1970 Age: 90
Death PlaceRock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Burial PlaceRock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Rock Springs Cemetery
Family ID685
Marr Date1901
Marr PlaceUtah
Marr MemoUtah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
ChildrenJohn “Ginger” (1903-1982)
Ann Frances "Fannie" (1907-1983)
Mary (Died as Child) (1910-1916)
Ann “Annie” (1913-2001)
Frank (1916-1998)
Henry James (1922-2015)
Notes for Joseph KOVACH
YugoslaviaN IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR
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Rock Springs Miner, Feb 26, 1950
JOSEPH KOVACH
Funeral services for Joseph Kovach, 74, of Reliance were held Thursday at the North Side Catholic church. Burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery. Mr. Kovach died Monday at his home following a long illness. He was a retired coal miner and had lived in the Rock Springs area for 39 years.
Mr. Kovach was born Feb. 14, 1876, in Yugoslavia. He is survived by his wife, Frances; three sons, John and Frank of Rock Springs and Henry Kovach of Reliance; three daughters, Mrs. Richard Young of Reliance, Mrs. Keith Follett of Preston, Ida., and Mrs. John Frullo of Rock Springs; 11 grandchildren and one brother, Frank Kovach, who lives in Kansas.
Pallbearers were John Frolic, Urban Jelosek, Frank Kershisnik Sr., Joe Kolman, John Mrak and Val Marcina.
On Find A Grave.
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Rock Springs Miner, Feb 26, 1950
JOSEPH KOVACH
Funeral services for Joseph Kovach, 74, of Reliance were held Thursday at the North Side Catholic church. Burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery. Mr. Kovach died Monday at his home following a long illness. He was a retired coal miner and had lived in the Rock Springs area for 39 years.
Mr. Kovach was born Feb. 14, 1876, in Yugoslavia. He is survived by his wife, Frances; three sons, John and Frank of Rock Springs and Henry Kovach of Reliance; three daughters, Mrs. Richard Young of Reliance, Mrs. Keith Follett of Preston, Ida., and Mrs. John Frullo of Rock Springs; 11 grandchildren and one brother, Frank Kovach, who lives in Kansas.
Pallbearers were John Frolic, Urban Jelosek, Frank Kershisnik Sr., Joe Kolman, John Mrak and Val Marcina.
On Find A Grave.
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Notes for Frances (Spouse 1)
Yugoslavian IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Dec 12, 1970
FRANCES KOVACH
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Berk Kovach, 90, of 1036 Adams St., Rock Springs, were conducted Monday at 9 a.m. at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Burial was in St. Joseph’s section of Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joseph Knute Kovach, Mark F. Kovach, John Frillo Jr., Richard Young, Ronald Young and Harry Horn.
Mrs. Kovach died Friday Dec. 4 at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient three days. She had been a resident of Rock Springs ?? years.
Born Dec. 17, 1879, in ?????, Yugoslavia, she came to the United States in November 1916. She was married to Joseph Kovach in (unreadable). Mr. Kovach died in Reliance in 1950.
Mrs. Kovach was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church.
Surviving are three sons, John, Frank and Henry, all of Rock Springs; three daughters, Mrs. John (Frances) Frillo of Rock Springs; Mrs. Annie Young of Reliance and Mrs. Jennie ??er of Poulsbo, Wash.; one sister, Mrs. Frank (Annie) Kovach of Columbus, Kan; one brother, living in Yugoslavia; ?? grandchildren and ?? great-grandchildren.
On Find A Grave.
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Dec 12, 1970
FRANCES KOVACH
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Berk Kovach, 90, of 1036 Adams St., Rock Springs, were conducted Monday at 9 a.m. at SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albin Gnidovec officiating. Burial was in St. Joseph’s section of Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joseph Knute Kovach, Mark F. Kovach, John Frillo Jr., Richard Young, Ronald Young and Harry Horn.
Mrs. Kovach died Friday Dec. 4 at Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient three days. She had been a resident of Rock Springs ?? years.
Born Dec. 17, 1879, in ?????, Yugoslavia, she came to the United States in November 1916. She was married to Joseph Kovach in (unreadable). Mr. Kovach died in Reliance in 1950.
Mrs. Kovach was a member of SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church.
Surviving are three sons, John, Frank and Henry, all of Rock Springs; three daughters, Mrs. John (Frances) Frillo of Rock Springs; Mrs. Annie Young of Reliance and Mrs. Jennie ??er of Poulsbo, Wash.; one sister, Mrs. Frank (Annie) Kovach of Columbus, Kan; one brother, living in Yugoslavia; ?? grandchildren and ?? great-grandchildren.
On Find A Grave.
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