Mary Jo Kovalcik, 94, of Indiana, formerly of Vandergrift, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017, at Indiana Square Care Home.
Born Jan. 3, 1923, in Braddock, she was the daughter of the late Ignacious and Bernice Oginski Malicki.
Mrs. Kovalcik was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Gertrude Catholic Church in Vandergrift and for the last 10 years, while she lived in Indiana, she was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church. Mrs. Kovalcik was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of America and the Rosary Society. She enjoyed knitting and doing ceramics.
She is survived by three children: Frank A. Kovalcik, Jr. and wife Susan, of Indiana; Robert P. Kovalcik, of Lewes, DE; and Kathline M. Kovalcik and husband Michael Weinberger, of La Canada, CA; four grandchildren: Sam and Max Weinberger, Jessica Karras and husband Nick, and Danny Mock; one great granddaughter, Angelina Karras; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank A. Kovalcik, Sr.; and the following siblings: Leona Pulnar, Stanley Malicki, Jean Scalis, Chester Malicki, Eugene Malicki, Bernice Mazur and Monica Urban.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Robinson-Lytle, Inc. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church. Interment will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell.
The family kindly suggests memorial contributions be made to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church, 200 Clairvaux Drive, Indiana, PA 15701.
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