Submitted by: Nadine Hardin

Name:  Kovas, Rev. Kenneth J.

Names in Obituary:  Kovas, Hasty, Papandria

South Bend Tribune, St. Joseph County Deaths; November 4, 1995

Rev. Kenneth J. Kovas (Sept. 17, 1952-Nov. 2, 1995)

SOUTH BEND - Rev. Kenneth Joel Kovas, 43, of Lake Wylie, S.C., formerly of South Bend, died of natural causes Thursday night in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C. Rev. Kovas was pastor of Good Samaritan United Methodist Church, Lake Wylie. He was born Sept. 17, 1952, in South Bend. He married Susan Grant Hasty. She survives with two sons, Joseph Daniel Kovas and Grant Walker Kovas, both at home; his mother, Anne L. Kovas of South Bend; a sister, Dianne Papandria of South Bend; and three brothers, John of Austin, Texas, and Timothy and Daniel, both of South Bend. He graduated from Ball State University and received his master's of divinity degree from University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Bethel United Methodist Church, Chester, S.C. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Barron Funeral Home, Chester, is handling

arrangements. Memorial services will be held in South Bend at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to Good Samaritan United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 5082, Lake Wylie, SC 29710.

South Bend Tribune, St. Joseph County Deaths; November 7, 1995

Rev. Kenneth J. Kovas

SOUTH BEND - Memorial services for Rev. Kenneth J. Kovas, 43, of Lake Wylie, S.C., formerly of South Bend, who died Thursday in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C., will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, S.C. Barron Funeral Home, Chester, handled arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Good Samaritan United Methodist Church building fund, P.O. Box 5082, Lake Wylie, SC 92710.