Jack Kovach

Jack Kovach, 78, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, passed away Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, at his Pecan Plantation residence. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Acton United Methodist Church. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas. Mr. Kovach was born Nov. 4, 1932, in Akron, Ohio, to John and Margaret Stark Kovach. He married Sherie Legate on Dec. 24, 1984, in Kauai, Hawaii. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 28 years of service. He then worked for Union Carbide Corp. and retired after 27 years of service. Jack lived in Bedford from 1971 to 1996, when he moved to Granbury. He enjoyed playing golf and tennis, sailing, refinishing furniture and spending time with family and friends. He was a member of Acton United Methodist Church. Preceding him in death were his parents; a sister, Dolores Kovach; and one son, Jim James. Survivors: Wife, Sherie Kovach of Pecan Plantation; son, Douglas Kent Kovach and wife, Cheryl, of North Richland Hills; daughters, Lynne Kovach Smolenski and husband, Tom, of Iwakuni, Japan, and their daughter, Evelyn Rose Smolenski, Rebecca James of Houston and her children, John Reyna and Jennifer Reyna, and Carole Huff and husband, Allen, of Sugar Land and their children, Robert and Bryan Huff; and brother, James Kovach and wife, Maureen, of Akron, Ohio.