Carolyn Eleanor Kovac

Carolyn Eleanor Kovac Obituary Carolyn E. Kovac (nee Halter) was called home to our Lord on Tuesday October 20, 2020 at the age of 69. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at her home in Raytown, MO. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM on Monday November 9, 2020 at St. Paul Catholic Church, St. Paul, MO with Father Gerald Blessing of St. Paul Catholic Church officiating. Burial will follow at the St. Paul Church cemetery. Carolyn was born March 29, 1951 in St. Charles, MO to Charles E. and Mildred M. Halter (nee Swagman). She attended St. Paul Grade School in St. Paul, MO and attended Fort Zumwalt High School in O’Fallon, MO. Carolyn continued her education at Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO where she received a nursing diploma and at the University of Missouri Kansas City where she completed her BSN in nursing. She was a member of the Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nursing. Carolyn married Anthony Louis Kovac Jr. MD on August 23, 1986 at St. Paul Catholic Church, St. Paul, MO. They were married for 34 years. Following Deaconess Nursing School, Carolyn was a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force serving for two years as a nurse at Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, CA. She returned to Kansas City, MO and worked for the Kansas City Veterans Administration Hospital for many years before she retired to become a fulltime mother. After her son entered high school, Carolyn returned to work part-time as a nurse at the Center for Behavioral Medicine, Missouri Dept. of Mental Health, Kansas City, MO after which she fully retired. Carolyn loved being a fulltime mother to her son Tony. Her hobbies were flower gardening, knitting and “window shopping” with friends. She loved watching movies with her family. Her favorite movies were Christmas movies such as “Home Alone” and westerns such as “The Searchers.” She loved watching Christmas movies all year long on the Hallmark Channel. She enjoyed traveling in the USA and internationally especially to historical and natural places such as state and national parks and monuments. She always had a gift in her favorite white van ready for any occasion to give to a friend or relative. She enjoyed meeting and “chauffeuring” in her white van the visiting international doctors from Ghana, Peru and China when they came to the KU Medical Center for observerships. She attended of Our Lady of the Presentation Catholic Church, Lee’s Summit, MO and was a member of the Knights of Columbus Presentation Ladies Auxiliary #6819. Carolyn is preceded in death by her son Anthony “Tony” Charles Kovac, her mother, Mildred M. Halter (nee Swagman), a brother Glennon C. Halter and a niece Ashley C. Davis. She is survived by her husband, Anthony Louis Kovac Jr. MD, her father Charles E. Halter, a sister Jean T. Davis (nee Halter), nephews Kyle G. Davis and Alex V. Davis and many cousins. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials may be given to either St. Paul Catholic Church, St. Paul Grade School or The Kovac International Education Fund at the KU Medical Center through www.kuendowment.org/givenow with a note The Kovac Fund 41465. The family wishes to extend sincere thanks to the doctors and nurses of the University of Kansas Hospital and Kansas City Hospice for their excellent and compassionate care of Carolyn.

Carolyn Eleanor Kovac

March 29, 1951 - October 20, 2020