Kovacsics

Otto Kovacsics, 87, of Prospect, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, while under the care of UPMC Hamot in Erie.

Born Oct. 21, 1936, in Felsőcsatár, Hungary, he was the son of the late Dezso and Ann (Pataky) Kovacsics.

Otto survived the Hungarian Revolution when the Soviet Union invaded Hungary by hiding in the woods while his family home was bombed. He escaped his home country and immigrated to the United States. He was a proud American citizen. He spent most of his career at Swindell Dressler. While employed he obtained a patent for coal burning. Otto was a member of St. Faustina Parish, St. Christopher at the Lake Catholic Church in Prospect. He was a former recipient of a “Manifesting the Kingdom” award from the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He often volunteered at church as well.

Incredibly, he built a former home by hand. In his free time, he enjoyed gardening, dancing to polka music with his wife, watching and investing in the stock market, and golfing. Above all, Otto enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his children and grandchildren. He will be dearly missed.

Otto leaves behind to cherish his memory his wife of 60 years, who he married on April 20, 1963, Mary (Haberland) Kovacsics; his children, Gizelle (William) Dean and Susan (Jerome) Boland; and his grandchildren, Brianna Dean, Evan Dean and Luke Bobosky.

In addition to his parents, Otto was preceded in death by his brother, Raymond; and his sister, Ann.

KOVACSICS — Friends and family of Otto Kovacsics, who died Wednesday, April 3, 2024, will be received from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 7, 2024 at BOYLAN FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER OF CONNOQUENESSING TOWNSHIP, 856 Evans City Road, Renfrew.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Faustina Parish, St. Christopher at the Lake Catholic Church, 232 N. Franklin St., Prospect.

Otto will be laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery in Butler.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his honor to the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, 709 Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15233 or to the St. Faustina Ladies Guild, c/o St. Faustina Parish, 342 Normal Ave., Slippery Rock, PA 16057.

Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.boylanfuneralservices.com.

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