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November 4, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, November 6, 2014 from 6-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A 10 AM funeral service will held on Friday, November 7, 2014 at the funeral home.
Nicholas will be laid to rest next to his wife Helen at the George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery in Paramus.
Nicholas Kovalycsik, Jr. age 87 of Pequannock passed peacefully on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.
He was born in Garfield to Nicholas and Mary (Harinet) Kovalycsik. He lived in Garfield before moving to Pequannock in 1956. He was a sheet metal fabricator for Fritze, Dodge, Olcot Company in East Hanover before a debilitating workplace accident when he was about forty years old.
Nicholas was a US Navy Veteran having served from 1944 through 1951 in both World War II and the Korean War. He was a ship’s cook aboard numerous vessels including the: NRS, NY, NY; NTS Sampson, NY, USS Monrovia, SS John W. Griffiths, USS SC 648, and the USS Armstead Rust. He was awarded the American Theatre Medal, Asiatic Pacific Medal, WWII Victory Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon.
He was a member of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in Wayne.
Nicholas was married to the late Helen (Gombos) Kovalycsik for 63 years until her passing in February of 2011.
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Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, November 6, 2014 from 6-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A 10 AM funeral service will held on Friday, November 7, 2014 at the funeral home.
Nicholas will be laid to rest next to his wife Helen at the George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery in Paramus.
November 4, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, November 6, 2014 from 6-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A 10 AM funeral service will held on Friday, November 7, 2014 at the funeral home.
Nicholas will be laid to rest next to his wife Helen at the George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery in Paramus.
Nicholas Kovalycsik, Jr. age 87 of Pequannock passed peacefully on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.
He was born in Garfield to Nicholas and Mary (Harinet) Kovalycsik. He lived in Garfield before moving to Pequannock in 1956. He was a sheet metal fabricator for Fritze, Dodge, Olcot Company in East Hanover before a debilitating workplace accident when he was about forty years old.
Nicholas was a US Navy Veteran having served from 1944 through 1951 in both World War II and the Korean War. He was a ship’s cook aboard numerous vessels including the: NRS, NY, NY; NTS Sampson, NY, USS Monrovia, SS John W. Griffiths, USS SC 648, and the USS Armstead Rust. He was awarded the American Theatre Medal, Asiatic Pacific Medal, WWII Victory Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon.
He was a member of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in Wayne.
Nicholas was married to the late Helen (Gombos) Kovalycsik for 63 years until her passing in February of 2011.
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