Jean Ann Kovarcik

Jean Ann Kovarcik
of Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
Jean Ann Kovarcik, 68, a resident of Dutchess County since 1972, formerly of Binghamton, died suddenly on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. Since retiring from the personnel department at I.B.M., Poughkeepsie in 1993, Jean had owned her own country crafts business, Petals & Lace, which she operated out of her home. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Born in Nanticoke, Pa. on November 28, 1939, she was the daughter of Eugene and Dorothy Stanaway Thomas who both survive in Binghamton. On August 12, 1972, she married John R. Kovarcik in Binghamton. Mr. Kovarcik survives at home. Other survivors include her son, Anthony Alise and his fiance, Michele Sardella, Binghamton; her daughter, Suzanne Parker and her husband, Edward, LaGrange; her stepchildren, Carol Kovarcik and Robert Kovarcik, both of Danbury, Conn.; her grandchildren, Adriana and Gabriela Alise, Binghamton and Christopher, Jonathan, and Carlee Parker, LaGrange; her sister, Judy Roma and her husband, Gene, Endicott; her brother, Richard Thomas, Wayne, N.J.; also several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the McHoul Funeral Home, Inc., 895 Route 82, Hopewell Junction. A funeral service will take place at 4 p.m. with Rev. Taylor Holbrook officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Jean's memory may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2 Gannett Dr., Suite LC, White Plains, N.Y. 10604. For driving directions or to send the Kovarcik family an online condolence, please visit www.mchoul funeralhome.com.