Troy Times Record
Monday evening, February 1, 1971
page 20

J. H. Bovar Dies at 85; Long Illness

Joseph H. Bovar, 85, former well known Mechanicville resident, a World War I veteran and an ex-Mechanicville patrolman, died Sunday at Albany Veterans Hospital after a long illness. He had been residing at 580 First Ave., Troy.

Born at Galway, Saratoga County, one of the 17 children of the late John and Mary Theroux Bovar, he had resided most of his life in Mechanicville although he had traveled extensively in his work.

He served in the U.S. Navy as a chief gunners mate during World War I and was also a deep sea diver. He was a former justice of the peace of the town of Providence in Saratoga County and served for a time as a Mechanicville patrolman.

He was formerly engaged in logging and lumbering operations in Canada and once did a stint of farming in North Dakota. In his younger days he traveled all 48 states with a circus. He was also once employed by the Boston and Maine Railroad at Mechanicville. His last position was with the Watervliet Arsenal, from which he had been retired many years.

Mr. Bovar was a meber (sic) of the First Presbyterian Church of Mechanicville, Lt. Fred H. Clark Post, American Legion; Col. Elmer Ellsworth Post, VFW, and was also affiliated with On Da Wa Lodge, F&AM, of Mechanicville. He was the husband of the late Charlotte E. Hydorn Bovar.

Surviving are one step-son, Clinton J. Gould of Cohoes; one step-daughter, Miss Carol Mary Gould of Troy; three sisters, Mrs. Enllie Wheeler of Baldwinsville; Mrs. Julia Maynard of Ballston Spa and Mrs. Margaret Vause of Schenectady; two brothers, Louis Bovar of Saratoga Springs and William Bovar of Memphis, N.Y. Also surviving are a step-granddaughter, and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the Dunn Funeral Home at Mechanicville, Rev. John L. Robertson, pastor of the United Church of Cohoes, will officiate. Burial will be in the Clifton Park Village Cemetery.

Joseph Henry Bovar