May 21, 1997
Funeral services for Ivah Lovan
Funeral services for Ivah May Lovan, 89, Willow Springs, will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 23, 1997, at the Chruch of God, Willow Springs, under direction of Hiler Funeral Home, Willow Springs, with Carl Phipps officiating.
Mrs. Lovan died 2:25 p.m. Monday, May 19, 1997, at Kabul Nursing Home, Cabool. She was born Jan. 10, 1908, at Willow Springs, the daughter of Herbert Ray and Effie M. Waggner Cox.
On June 23, 1923, at Willow Springs, she married Otho Ray "Stog" Lovan.
She was a member of the Church of God at Willow Springs and attended regulary until her health prevented her from going.
Survivors include three children; Helen Cox, Ruth McCart and husband, Delbert, and Bob Lovan and wife, Nancy, all of Willow Springs; one brother, Russell Cox, West Plains; one sister, Mary Ann Feldman, Ozark; 20 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; 27 great-great-grandchildren; a host of nephews and nieces; and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one son, Cecil Lovan; two daughters, Opal May Lovan and Norma Kissinger; two brothers, Frank Cox and Harold "Daig" Cox; one grandchild, Melisa Lovan; and one great-grandchild, Kristin Lovan.
Burial will be at Willow Springs City Cemetery under the direction of Hiler Funral Home.