Dr. Victor M. Bove died on November 10, 2018, at the age of 94.
Born in Bethlehem, on May 7, 1924, he was the son of Michael and Clara (Parretta) Bove.
Victor completed Liberty high School in 1942 and worked for a short time at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
He joined the U.S. Army in May 1943. After completing infantry basic training, he was transferred to the Army Specialized Training Program which sent him to Arkansas State College and Rhode Island State College to earn a college degree in Engineering.
After two semesters, the Army discontinued the engineering program and asked him to participate in the Army Specialized Training Program doe doctors; however, Victor felt he should return to the Infantry since many of his friends were already serving in combat.
He served in the European theater and saw combat as an Infantry Squad Leader in the Battle of the Bulge. He was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in February 1946 and received eleven awards including the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, and the Combat Infantry Badge.
After leaving the Army, Victor attended Moravian College, Millersville State College, and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), earning a Bachelor's of Science in Education from Millersville State and his Doctorate from PCOM. He then served a one-year rotating internship and a three-year residency in General Surgery at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital. He went on to complete postgraduate studies at a number of hospitals in the states, Mexico and Europe including the University of Vienna Hospital in Austria. He later attended Saint Joseph Hospital of Maine where he earned a Master in Health Services Administration Degree.
He performed surgery at several hospitals in the Miami, Florida area as well as in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Lancaster. Because of back problems, he discontinued performing surgery and changed to psychiatry. He served as a staff psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lebanon.
When the administration refused to discuss problems with the doctors, Victor started the first doctor's union there which caused the administration to deal with these problems. He served as the Union President until he left in 1973 to become the Medical Director and Director of Medical Education at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital.
He also served as acting Chief Executive Officer of that hospital when the hospital was left without one on two occasions. In 1980, he left to become the Vice President for Medical Affairs at Memorial Hospital in Union, New Jersey. Accepting an offer to return to Pennsylvania in 1981, he became Chief of Clinical Services at Wernersville State Hospital where he remained until 1994.
After retiring from Wernersville State Hospital, Victor took a part-time position as Medical Director at the Family Guidance Center and Berks Counseling Center in Reading. He retired in 2003 because he got tired of fighting the HMOs which did not always keep their promises to the patients or doctors.
He was appointed to the Adjunct Faculty of the PCOM and helped train students, interns, and residents. He received an award in appreciation of his service to his profession and community from the Lancaster County Osteopathic Association and a scholarship in his honor was awarded to a medical student by the Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation.
Victor served as a medical staff officer in a number of hospitals and was the Chief of Staff and the Chief of Surgery in many of them and served on the Board of Trustees as well. He was also active in many medical organizations and was an officer and board member of most of them. He served several terms as President of the Lancaster County Osteopathic Medical Society. He was also the leader of American Osteopathic Association teams which checked hospitals for compliance with its standards of care and its standards for the internship and residency training programs.
He was certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice, the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Physicians, the American Board of Medical Management, and the Certifying Commission in Medical Management. He was made a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and of the American College of Medical Quality as well as a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives.
In 1972, Victor joined the U.S. Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel and soon became a full Colonel. He served as an Army physician both in the states and in Europe. He was the Commander of the 99th Combat Support Hospital in Lancaster. He earned a number of letters of commendation and twelve more medals including two Army Commendation Medals, the Army Achievement Medal, two Army Leadership Medals, the Army Component Achievement Medal and the Army Expert Field Medic Badge.
He was a member of a number of military organizations and served several terms as President of the Lancaster Chapters of the Reserve Officers Association and the Military Officers Association of America as well as President of the Southcentral Pennsylvania Chapter of Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. He retired from the Army in 1994.
In 1984, Victor was presented the Distinguished Service Award by Millersville University and in 1996 the Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award by Saint Joseph's College of Maine. In 2005, he was included in the Millersville University book celebrating its 150th anniversary and featuring its 150 alumni who made "a significant contribution to Millersville University and the community at large."
He became a fourth-degree knight in the Knights of Columbus in 2012 and in 2015 he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Knights of Columbus.
Victor published many professional and nonprofessional articles and short stories and won first prize for one of his short stories. He served as guest editor for three issues of Osteopathic Annals and served as a consultant for several professional journals. He also won awards for providing cartoons and medical tips to professional journals.
He was active in community affairs. Over the years he served as Team Physician for Little League teams and was active in Cub Scout Pack #86 serving several terms as its President. He served on the Professional Education Committee of the Lancaster County Unit of the American Cancer Society, the Lancaster County Medicolegal Committee, the Medical Advisory Committee of the Welsh Mountain Medical Center, the McCaskey High School Advisory Committee, the Blue Cross Advisory Committee, the Millersville University Advisory Council, and the Advisory Council of the City of Lancaster.
Victor was a Merit Badge Examiner for the Boy Scouts and he served on the Executive Board of the Lancaster - Lebanon Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He volunteered for the Lancaster County Office of Aging, performed health screening for the children of Lancaster and participated in the World War II programs for the Lancaster School District Elementary Schools as well as for Millersville University.
He enjoyed his many hobbies and especially loved performing home repairs. He also enjoyed participating in the Senior Games where he earned dozens of medals. He enjoyed keeping busy. He could analyze just about any problem and he could almost always solve it.
Victor was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister: Clara Tevald of Bethlehem.
Victor is survived by his wife of sixty years: Alice Zaharchuk Bove; his son: V. Michael, husband of Suzanne Sandor Bove of Wrentham, Massachusetts; his grandson: Alexander Michael Bove of Wrentham, Massachusetts; his sisters: Gloria and Olga Bove both of Bethlehem.
There will be a funeral service on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM in the Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home, 414 E. King Street, Lancaster. The family will receive guests from 09:30 AM until the time of the service in the funeral home.
Private burial will take place in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Snyder Funeral Home, Lancaster
(LNP 11/13/2018)
S SGT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Born in Bethlehem, on May 7, 1924, he was the son of Michael and Clara (Parretta) Bove.
Victor completed Liberty high School in 1942 and worked for a short time at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
He joined the U.S. Army in May 1943. After completing infantry basic training, he was transferred to the Army Specialized Training Program which sent him to Arkansas State College and Rhode Island State College to earn a college degree in Engineering.
After two semesters, the Army discontinued the engineering program and asked him to participate in the Army Specialized Training Program doe doctors; however, Victor felt he should return to the Infantry since many of his friends were already serving in combat.
He served in the European theater and saw combat as an Infantry Squad Leader in the Battle of the Bulge. He was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in February 1946 and received eleven awards including the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, and the Combat Infantry Badge.
After leaving the Army, Victor attended Moravian College, Millersville State College, and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), earning a Bachelor's of Science in Education from Millersville State and his Doctorate from PCOM. He then served a one-year rotating internship and a three-year residency in General Surgery at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital. He went on to complete postgraduate studies at a number of hospitals in the states, Mexico and Europe including the University of Vienna Hospital in Austria. He later attended Saint Joseph Hospital of Maine where he earned a Master in Health Services Administration Degree.
He performed surgery at several hospitals in the Miami, Florida area as well as in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Lancaster. Because of back problems, he discontinued performing surgery and changed to psychiatry. He served as a staff psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lebanon.
When the administration refused to discuss problems with the doctors, Victor started the first doctor's union there which caused the administration to deal with these problems. He served as the Union President until he left in 1973 to become the Medical Director and Director of Medical Education at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital.
He also served as acting Chief Executive Officer of that hospital when the hospital was left without one on two occasions. In 1980, he left to become the Vice President for Medical Affairs at Memorial Hospital in Union, New Jersey. Accepting an offer to return to Pennsylvania in 1981, he became Chief of Clinical Services at Wernersville State Hospital where he remained until 1994.
After retiring from Wernersville State Hospital, Victor took a part-time position as Medical Director at the Family Guidance Center and Berks Counseling Center in Reading. He retired in 2003 because he got tired of fighting the HMOs which did not always keep their promises to the patients or doctors.
He was appointed to the Adjunct Faculty of the PCOM and helped train students, interns, and residents. He received an award in appreciation of his service to his profession and community from the Lancaster County Osteopathic Association and a scholarship in his honor was awarded to a medical student by the Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation.
Victor served as a medical staff officer in a number of hospitals and was the Chief of Staff and the Chief of Surgery in many of them and served on the Board of Trustees as well. He was also active in many medical organizations and was an officer and board member of most of them. He served several terms as President of the Lancaster County Osteopathic Medical Society. He was also the leader of American Osteopathic Association teams which checked hospitals for compliance with its standards of care and its standards for the internship and residency training programs.
He was certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice, the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Physicians, the American Board of Medical Management, and the Certifying Commission in Medical Management. He was made a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and of the American College of Medical Quality as well as a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives.
In 1972, Victor joined the U.S. Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel and soon became a full Colonel. He served as an Army physician both in the states and in Europe. He was the Commander of the 99th Combat Support Hospital in Lancaster. He earned a number of letters of commendation and twelve more medals including two Army Commendation Medals, the Army Achievement Medal, two Army Leadership Medals, the Army Component Achievement Medal and the Army Expert Field Medic Badge.
He was a member of a number of military organizations and served several terms as President of the Lancaster Chapters of the Reserve Officers Association and the Military Officers Association of America as well as President of the Southcentral Pennsylvania Chapter of Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. He retired from the Army in 1994.
In 1984, Victor was presented the Distinguished Service Award by Millersville University and in 1996 the Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award by Saint Joseph's College of Maine. In 2005, he was included in the Millersville University book celebrating its 150th anniversary and featuring its 150 alumni who made "a significant contribution to Millersville University and the community at large."
He became a fourth-degree knight in the Knights of Columbus in 2012 and in 2015 he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Knights of Columbus.
Victor published many professional and nonprofessional articles and short stories and won first prize for one of his short stories. He served as guest editor for three issues of Osteopathic Annals and served as a consultant for several professional journals. He also won awards for providing cartoons and medical tips to professional journals.
He was active in community affairs. Over the years he served as Team Physician for Little League teams and was active in Cub Scout Pack #86 serving several terms as its President. He served on the Professional Education Committee of the Lancaster County Unit of the American Cancer Society, the Lancaster County Medicolegal Committee, the Medical Advisory Committee of the Welsh Mountain Medical Center, the McCaskey High School Advisory Committee, the Blue Cross Advisory Committee, the Millersville University Advisory Council, and the Advisory Council of the City of Lancaster.
Victor was a Merit Badge Examiner for the Boy Scouts and he served on the Executive Board of the Lancaster - Lebanon Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He volunteered for the Lancaster County Office of Aging, performed health screening for the children of Lancaster and participated in the World War II programs for the Lancaster School District Elementary Schools as well as for Millersville University.
He enjoyed his many hobbies and especially loved performing home repairs. He also enjoyed participating in the Senior Games where he earned dozens of medals. He enjoyed keeping busy. He could analyze just about any problem and he could almost always solve it.
Victor was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister: Clara Tevald of Bethlehem.
Victor is survived by his wife of sixty years: Alice Zaharchuk Bove; his son: V. Michael, husband of Suzanne Sandor Bove of Wrentham, Massachusetts; his grandson: Alexander Michael Bove of Wrentham, Massachusetts; his sisters: Gloria and Olga Bove both of Bethlehem.
There will be a funeral service on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM in the Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home, 414 E. King Street, Lancaster. The family will receive guests from 09:30 AM until the time of the service in the funeral home.
Private burial will take place in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Snyder Funeral Home, Lancaster
(LNP 11/13/2018)
S SGT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Dr. Victor M. Bove died on November 10, 2018, at the age of 94.
Born in Bethlehem, on May 7, 1924, he was the son of Michael and Clara (Parretta) Bove.
Victor completed Liberty high School in 1942 and worked for a short time at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
He joined the U.S. Army in May 1943. After completing infantry basic training, he was transferred to the Army Specialized Training Program which sent him to Arkansas State College and Rhode Island State College to earn a college degree in Engineering.
After two semesters, the Army discontinued the engineering program and asked him to participate in the Army Specialized Training Program doe doctors; however, Victor felt he should return to the Infantry since many of his friends were already serving in combat.
He served in the European theater and saw combat as an Infantry Squad Leader in the Battle of the Bulge. He was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in February 1946 and received eleven awards including the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, and the Combat Infantry Badge.
After leaving the Army, Victor attended Moravian College, Millersville State College, and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), earning a Bachelor's of Science in Education from Millersville State and his Doctorate from PCOM. He then served a one-year rotating internship and a three-year residency in General Surgery at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital. He went on to complete postgraduate studies at a number of hospitals in the states, Mexico and Europe including the University of Vienna Hospital in Austria. He later attended Saint Joseph Hospital of Maine where he earned a Master in Health Services Administration Degree.
He performed surgery at several hospitals in the Miami, Florida area as well as in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Lancaster. Because of back problems, he discontinued performing surgery and changed to psychiatry. He served as a staff psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lebanon.
When the administration refused to discuss problems with the doctors, Victor started the first doctor's union there which caused the administration to deal with these problems. He served as the Union President until he left in 1973 to become the Medical Director and Director of Medical Education at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital.
He also served as acting Chief Executive Officer of that hospital when the hospital was left without one on two occasions. In 1980, he left to become the Vice President for Medical Affairs at Memorial Hospital in Union, New Jersey. Accepting an offer to return to Pennsylvania in 1981, he became Chief of Clinical Services at Wernersville State Hospital where he remained until 1994.
After retiring from Wernersville State Hospital, Victor took a part-time position as Medical Director at the Family Guidance Center and Berks Counseling Center in Reading. He retired in 2003 because he got tired of fighting the HMOs which did not always keep their promises to the patients or doctors.
He was appointed to the Adjunct Faculty of the PCOM and helped train students, interns, and residents. He received an award in appreciation of his service to his profession and community from the Lancaster County Osteopathic Association and a scholarship in his honor was awarded to a medical student by the Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation.
Victor served as a medical staff officer in a number of hospitals and was the Chief of Staff and the Chief of Surgery in many of them and served on the Board of Trustees as well. He was also active in many medical organizations and was an officer and board member of most of them. He served several terms as President of the Lancaster County Osteopathic Medical Society. He was also the leader of American Osteopathic Association teams which checked hospitals for compliance with its standards of care and its standards for the internship and residency training programs.
He was certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice, the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Physicians, the American Board of Medical Management, and the Certifying Commission in Medical Management. He was made a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and of the American College of Medical Quality as well as a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives.
In 1972, Victor joined the U.S. Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel and soon became a full Colonel. He served as an Army physician both in the states and in Europe. He was the Commander of the 99th Combat Support Hospital in Lancaster. He earned a number of letters of commendation and twelve more medals including two Army Commendation Medals, the Army Achievement Medal, two Army Leadership Medals, the Army Component Achievement Medal and the Army Expert Field Medic Badge.
He was a member of a number of military organizations and served several terms as President of the Lancaster Chapters of the Reserve Officers Association and the Military Officers Association of America as well as President of the Southcentral Pennsylvania Chapter of Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. He retired from the Army in 1994.
In 1984, Victor was presented the Distinguished Service Award by Millersville University and in 1996 the Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award by Saint Joseph's College of Maine. In 2005, he was included in the Millersville University book celebrating its 150th anniversary and featuring its 150 alumni who made "a significant contribution to Millersville University and the community at large."
He became a fourth-degree knight in the Knights of Columbus in 2012 and in 2015 he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Knights of Columbus.
Victor published many professional and nonprofessional articles and short stories and won first prize for one of his short stories. He served as guest editor for three issues of Osteopathic Annals and served as a consultant for several professional journals. He also won awards for providing cartoons and medical tips to professional journals.
He was active in community affairs. Over the years he served as Team Physician for Little League teams and was active in Cub Scout Pack #86 serving several terms as its President. He served on the Professional Education Committee of the Lancaster County Unit of the American Cancer Society, the Lancaster County Medicolegal Committee, the Medical Advisory Committee of the Welsh Mountain Medical Center, the McCaskey High School Advisory Committee, the Blue Cross Advisory Committee, the Millersville University Advisory Council, and the Advisory Council of the City of Lancaster.
Victor was a Merit Badge Examiner for the Boy Scouts and he served on the Executive Board of the Lancaster - Lebanon Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He volunteered for the Lancaster County Office of Aging, performed health screening for the children of Lancaster and participated in the World War II programs for the Lancaster School District Elementary Schools as well as for Millersville University.
He enjoyed his many hobbies and especially loved performing home repairs. He also enjoyed participating in the Senior Games where he earned dozens of medals. He enjoyed keeping busy. He could analyze just about any problem and he could almost always solve it.
Victor was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister: Clara Tevald of Bethlehem.
Victor is survived by his wife of sixty years: Alice Zaharchuk Bove; his son: V. Michael, husband of Suzanne Sandor Bove of Wrentham, Massachusetts; his grandson: Alexander Michael Bove of Wrentham, Massachusetts; his sisters: Gloria and Olga Bove both of Bethlehem.
There will be a funeral service on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM in the Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home, 414 E. King Street, Lancaster. The family will receive guests from 09:30 AM until the time of the service in the funeral home.
Private burial will take place in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Snyder Funeral Home, Lancaster
(LNP 11/13/2018)
S SGT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Born in Bethlehem, on May 7, 1924, he was the son of Michael and Clara (Parretta) Bove.
Victor completed Liberty high School in 1942 and worked for a short time at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
He joined the U.S. Army in May 1943. After completing infantry basic training, he was transferred to the Army Specialized Training Program which sent him to Arkansas State College and Rhode Island State College to earn a college degree in Engineering.
After two semesters, the Army discontinued the engineering program and asked him to participate in the Army Specialized Training Program doe doctors; however, Victor felt he should return to the Infantry since many of his friends were already serving in combat.
He served in the European theater and saw combat as an Infantry Squad Leader in the Battle of the Bulge. He was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in February 1946 and received eleven awards including the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, and the Combat Infantry Badge.
After leaving the Army, Victor attended Moravian College, Millersville State College, and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), earning a Bachelor's of Science in Education from Millersville State and his Doctorate from PCOM. He then served a one-year rotating internship and a three-year residency in General Surgery at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital. He went on to complete postgraduate studies at a number of hospitals in the states, Mexico and Europe including the University of Vienna Hospital in Austria. He later attended Saint Joseph Hospital of Maine where he earned a Master in Health Services Administration Degree.
He performed surgery at several hospitals in the Miami, Florida area as well as in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Lancaster. Because of back problems, he discontinued performing surgery and changed to psychiatry. He served as a staff psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lebanon.
When the administration refused to discuss problems with the doctors, Victor started the first doctor's union there which caused the administration to deal with these problems. He served as the Union President until he left in 1973 to become the Medical Director and Director of Medical Education at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital.
He also served as acting Chief Executive Officer of that hospital when the hospital was left without one on two occasions. In 1980, he left to become the Vice President for Medical Affairs at Memorial Hospital in Union, New Jersey. Accepting an offer to return to Pennsylvania in 1981, he became Chief of Clinical Services at Wernersville State Hospital where he remained until 1994.
After retiring from Wernersville State Hospital, Victor took a part-time position as Medical Director at the Family Guidance Center and Berks Counseling Center in Reading. He retired in 2003 because he got tired of fighting the HMOs which did not always keep their promises to the patients or doctors.
He was appointed to the Adjunct Faculty of the PCOM and helped train students, interns, and residents. He received an award in appreciation of his service to his profession and community from the Lancaster County Osteopathic Association and a scholarship in his honor was awarded to a medical student by the Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation.
Victor served as a medical staff officer in a number of hospitals and was the Chief of Staff and the Chief of Surgery in many of them and served on the Board of Trustees as well. He was also active in many medical organizations and was an officer and board member of most of them. He served several terms as President of the Lancaster County Osteopathic Medical Society. He was also the leader of American Osteopathic Association teams which checked hospitals for compliance with its standards of care and its standards for the internship and residency training programs.
He was certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice, the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Physicians, the American Board of Medical Management, and the Certifying Commission in Medical Management. He was made a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and of the American College of Medical Quality as well as a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives.
In 1972, Victor joined the U.S. Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel and soon became a full Colonel. He served as an Army physician both in the states and in Europe. He was the Commander of the 99th Combat Support Hospital in Lancaster. He earned a number of letters of commendation and twelve more medals including two Army Commendation Medals, the Army Achievement Medal, two Army Leadership Medals, the Army Component Achievement Medal and the Army Expert Field Medic Badge.
He was a member of a number of military organizations and served several terms as President of the Lancaster Chapters of the Reserve Officers Association and the Military Officers Association of America as well as President of the Southcentral Pennsylvania Chapter of Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. He retired from the Army in 1994.
In 1984, Victor was presented the Distinguished Service Award by Millersville University and in 1996 the Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award by Saint Joseph's College of Maine. In 2005, he was included in the Millersville University book celebrating its 150th anniversary and featuring its 150 alumni who made "a significant contribution to Millersville University and the community at large."
He became a fourth-degree knight in the Knights of Columbus in 2012 and in 2015 he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Knights of Columbus.
Victor published many professional and nonprofessional articles and short stories and won first prize for one of his short stories. He served as guest editor for three issues of Osteopathic Annals and served as a consultant for several professional journals. He also won awards for providing cartoons and medical tips to professional journals.
He was active in community affairs. Over the years he served as Team Physician for Little League teams and was active in Cub Scout Pack #86 serving several terms as its President. He served on the Professional Education Committee of the Lancaster County Unit of the American Cancer Society, the Lancaster County Medicolegal Committee, the Medical Advisory Committee of the Welsh Mountain Medical Center, the McCaskey High School Advisory Committee, the Blue Cross Advisory Committee, the Millersville University Advisory Council, and the Advisory Council of the City of Lancaster.
Victor was a Merit Badge Examiner for the Boy Scouts and he served on the Executive Board of the Lancaster - Lebanon Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He volunteered for the Lancaster County Office of Aging, performed health screening for the children of Lancaster and participated in the World War II programs for the Lancaster School District Elementary Schools as well as for Millersville University.
He enjoyed his many hobbies and especially loved performing home repairs. He also enjoyed participating in the Senior Games where he earned dozens of medals. He enjoyed keeping busy. He could analyze just about any problem and he could almost always solve it.
Victor was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister: Clara Tevald of Bethlehem.
Victor is survived by his wife of sixty years: Alice Zaharchuk Bove; his son: V. Michael, husband of Suzanne Sandor Bove of Wrentham, Massachusetts; his grandson: Alexander Michael Bove of Wrentham, Massachusetts; his sisters: Gloria and Olga Bove both of Bethlehem.
There will be a funeral service on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM in the Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home, 414 E. King Street, Lancaster. The family will receive guests from 09:30 AM until the time of the service in the funeral home.
Private burial will take place in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Snyder Funeral Home, Lancaster
(LNP 11/13/2018)
S SGT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
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