Tibor Kovacs, Jr.
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| September 13, 1949 ~
November 2, 2011 |
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November 5, 2011 |
 Tibor
Kovacs, Jr. passed away on November 2, 2011, at
the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday,
November 9, in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home
chapel.
Tibor Kovacs was born in Budapest, Hungary, in
1949. His family escaped to Yugoslavia in 1957
in the dark of night. They were sponsored by an
Hungarian family in America.
They entered thru Ellis Island and from there
made their way to California where their
sponsors were. They lived in El Sereno, Tibor's
Dad got a job at Farmer John in Los Angeles, and
Tibor, brother Alex and sister Julie started
school. School was hard since they still needed
to learn English, but the hungarian Boy Scouts
helped out with that.
Later they moved to West Covina, California,
where Tibor continued on into high school and
graduated.
Tibor met his future wife Barbara at this time
in 1966. He was also going to TV repair classes
with his Dad and working to help the family out.
He continued on into college and graduated with
an Associates of Science degree in Electronics.
Tibor enlisted into the Navy in 1971 and after
bootcamp he married in 1971.
Tibor was stationed on the USS Coral Sea, an
aircraft carrier. When Tibor got out of the
Navy, he went back to work at the same place he
left for the Navy. He remained there until
another company offered him a job closer to home
and he still did TV/electronic repair as a side
line at home.
The family moved to Idaho in 1991, where Tibor
enjoyed working on the property. Tibor made
friends very easily, he was fair, witty, funny,
charming and a friend to everyone he met. Tibor
was dedicated to his family. He was smart and
had a thirst for knowledge. He enjoyed the
outdoors, watching wildlife from the back porch,
and he was a music lover-the louder the better.
Tibor was a good husband, kind, caring and
loving and always dependable. Even though his
life has been cut short, he will always be
remember by family and friends.
Tibor is survived by Barbara, Alex, Julie,
Julia, his mother, and two nieces and five
nephews and their children.
Go in Peace Tibor. Family and friends are
invited to sign Tibor’s book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.
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