Margaret (Kavchak) Moniot

Margaret (Kavchak) Moniot, 94, formerly of Lyndora, passed away, Thursday morning, May 18, 2023.
She was born January 2, 1929 in Butler, a daughter of the late Peter Kavchak and Mary (Druga) Kavchak.
Margaret was a graduate of Butler High School. After graduation she worked as a secretary at Gravely Tractors in Butler, where she met her late husband Herb when he and his brother came in to purchase farm equipment. She also worked at White’s Millinery of Main Street, Butler, where her sister Mary was the manager.
She grew up in Lyndora and married Herbert E. Moniot on February 12, 1950 in St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church in Lyndora. Keeping up with the fashion trends at the time, her wedding dress was pink. During her courtship, Herb, who had obtained his private pilot’s license, flew over the bus stop where he knew Margaret would be waiting for the bus to go to work. Margaret and Herb both appeared as extras in several Hollywood movies shot locally, including Bob Roberts (1992), Lorenzo’s Oil (1992), Striking Distance (1993) and Cemetery Club (1993). Margaret is one of the extras featured prominently in a red dress and straw hat in an election night scene in Bob Roberts.
She was a lifelong member of St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church in Lyndora and for years she supervised the Church’s lovely Christmas decorations.
Marge, as she was known by friends, loved wearing hats and dressing up, embraced her cultural background of Czechoslovakian ethnicity and heritage and was also bi-lingual. She enjoyed making traditional holiday meals at Christmas and Easter and decorating Eastern European Eggs and church baskets. She was a dedicated, selfless caregiver for family members over the years, and was a supportive mom chauffeuring and chaperoning Drew’s high school rock band “The Sequins.” She was honest, straightforward to a fault, a tireless worker, hard-working, headstrong and enjoyed her home and spending time on her patio with family and friends. She loved pets, including her two dogs, a cat and a chipmunk. She enjoyed music. Her interests varied from James Taylor to Frank Sinatra to The Who, all of whom she saw in concert.
Surviving are her son, Drew and his wife Carrie, and four nephews: Lance, Larry, Lang and Lane Lipscomb.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband Herb, her brother John and her sisters Helen, Mary and Sue.
Friends will be received at the Geibel Funeral Home, 201 East Cunningham Street, Butler, from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm Sunday. A Funeral Liturgy will be on Monday, at 10:00 am, at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, 105 Kohler Avenue, Lyndora. The Rev. Radko Blichar, to officiate. Interment to follow in Butler County Memorial Park. Everyone is asked to please meet at the church Monday morning.