Mary M. Maguire Kovalsky – Fayette City, formerly of North Belle Vernon

Mary M. Maguire Kovalsky, 97, of Fayette City, formerly of North Belle Vernon, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, at Penn Highlands – Mon Valley in Carroll Township. Born Sept. 17, 1926, in Monessen, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Lillian Hickey Maguire. A resident of Fayette City for the past eight years, previously of North Belle Vernon, Mrs. Kovalsky was a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church and a former member of St. Sebastian Ladies Guild. She was a homemaker, an avid reader and enjoyed old movies and traveling to the beach and Ohiopyle. She is survived by two daughters and son-in-law, Rose and Mark Souply of Fayette City, Mary Igoe and Pat Smider of Canonsburg; sister, Louise Stark of North Belle Vernon; five grandsons, David Igoe, Matthew Kovalsky, Pete Kovalsky, Adam Souply and Aaron Souply; seven great-grandchildren, Olsen and Lyla Igoe, Levi Kovalsky and Luke, Jackson, Kyler and Esman Souply; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter Kovalsky, on March 14, 2003; two sons and daughters-in-law, Pete (Linda) Kovalsky, Hugh (Louann) Kovalsky; infant son, Francis Kovalsky; two brothers, Francis and Thomas Maguire; and a sister, Lillian Maguire. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME & CREMATIONS LLC, family owned and operated, 626 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, 724-929-6183. Prayers of transfer will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the funeral home, followed by a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at St. Sebastian R.C. Church with the Rev. Michael J. Crookston as celebrant. Interment will take place in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Condolences accepted at the funeral home’s website, www.parzynskifuneralhome.com.