The Derrick, Friday, November 26, 2004: Thomas T. Kovach, Fairmont City Lisa Marie Shellgren, Cocranton Thomas T. Kovach Thomas T. Kovach, 88, of 2201 Town Run Road, Fairmount City, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004, at UPMC Presbyterian's Shadyside Hospital. Born Sept. 17, 1916, in Elenora, Pa., he was the son of Aaron and Julia Kovach. He was married to the former Velma E. Radaker on June 29, 1941. Mr. and Mrs. Kovach had been married 63 years. Mr. Kovach was a retired coal miner. He served during World War II with the U.S. Army's 40th General Hospital Medics in France from 1943 to 1946. Mr. Kovach was a member of the First Church of God in New Bethlehem. He also belonged to the VFW and the Hawthorn Lions Club. He was the caretaker at the Hawthorn Cemetery for many years and took pride in his work. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son and his wife, James and Mary Kovach of Brian, Texas; three sisters, Olga Mantlo of Long Beach, Calif., Carol Powliskie of Carete, N.J., and Helen Kovacs of Sand Springs, Okla.; three grandchildren, Melanie Lee and her husband Justin of Orange, Texas, Carol Ann Kovach of Houston, Texas, and Jeanette Kovach of College Station, Texas.; and two great-grandsons, Lewis Lee and Alexander Lee. Preceding him in death in addition to his parents were two brothers, Harry Kovach and James Kovach, and two sisters, Irene Selkatis and Julia Hoyer. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. today at the Alcorn Funeral Home in Hawthorn. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in the First Church of God in New Bethlehem. Rev. John Phillips and Rev. Garry Bates, both of the First Church of God, will officiate. Interment will be in the Hawthorn Cemetery in Hawthorn. Lisa Marie Shellgren Lisa Marie Shellgren, 54, of 542 Carter Road, Cochranton, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh after a three month long illness. Born June 8, 1950, in Greenville, she was the daughter of Jesse and Eleanor Lurtz Szugye. She married Paul Shellgren on April 17, 1986, and he survives. She was a 1968 graduate of Greenville High School where she was third in her class and served as literary editor for her school yearbook. Mrs. Shellgren graduated from Pitt with a bachelor's degree in psychology and English. She earned her master's degree in psychology from Edinboro University. She retired due to illness from her job as a school psychologist with the Intermediate Unit 6, working mostly in Forest County. Mrs. Shellgren was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Cochranton. She was an avid reader and enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening and swimming. She collected various dolls and loved to quilt. Surviving in addition to her husband are her mother, Eleanor Szugye of Pleasant Grove, Utah; a son, George Hildebran of Richmond, Va.; two daughters, Rebecca Hildebran of New York City and Amanda Hildebran of Morgantown, W.Va.; two step-children, Erik Shellgren of Pleasantville and Lori Long of Seneca; a sister, Barbara Smith of Aurora, Colo.; four brothers, Jesse Szugye of Pleasant Grove, Utah, Paul Szugye of Sandy, Utah, and Joseph and Brian Szugye, both of Salt Lake City, Utah; and three grandchildren, Josh Long, Andy Long and Sandy Shellgren. Preceding her in death were her father and a sister, Mary Szugye. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Dickson Funeral Home Inc., 123 N. Franklin St., Cochranton. The time and place of the funeral will be announced. Interment will be in St. Hippolytes Cemetery in Frenchtown. Condolences may be e-mailed to dicksonfuneralhome@alltel.net