Mrs. Mary Beth Krebs Kovacik of Deer Park

Mary Beth Krebs Kovacik, of Deer Park, IL, died unexpectedly at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL on February 27, 2018. She was 63 years old. Mary Beth is survived by her mother, Lydia Krebs of Glenview, IL, her husband Robert Hoyler of Barrington, IL, her two children Philip Kovacik (of Oakland, CA) and Alice Kovacik (of Chicago, IL), her two step-children Bobby and Dani Hoyler (of Chicago, IL), her sister Marsha (Harlan) Teller and brother Michael (Pam) Krebs. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jerome L. Kovacik, and her father, J. Robert Krebs. Mary Beth was born at Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Chicago, IL to Robert and Lydia. Mary Beth is a graduate of Maine South High School where she was instrumental in challenging the school’s gender-specific dress-code, earning women the right to wear pants at that school. She attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania where she graduated early, earning a degree in Economics. She completed an MBA at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and later completed her J.D. at the Loyola University College of Law. Mary Beth worked within various finance organizations at Amoco (BP/Standard Oil) in in Chicago, IL where she met Jerome “Jerry” Kovacik. She later worked for Dean Witter as an investment banker. After her children were born Mary Beth briefly worked defending death row inmates for the ACLU. Jerry passed away suddenly, and she returned to Chicago with her two children to be closer to family where she worked at Amoco and the Buckingham Group where she met Robert Hoyler. Retiring after they married, Mary Beth continued to periodically provide legal and business consultation services. She was a dedicated and longtime parishioner of Church of Our Saviour in Lincoln Park and St. Michaels Episcopal in Barrington, IL. Visitation will be Friday from 3:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at Morizzo Funeral Home, 2550 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates and Saturday 9:30 A.M. till time of service at 11:00 A.M. at Church of Our Saviour, 530 W. Fullerton Pkwy, Chicago. In Lieu of flowers donations in Mary Beth’s name may be made to Church of Our Saviour or Kinship United;. The family has created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories, photos and videos. For further information please contact the Morizzo Funeral Directors at 847.752.6444. Arrangements entrusted to Morizzo Funeral Home and Cremation Services, at 2550 West Hassell Road, (Northeast corner at Barrington Road), Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169.

Mrs. Mary Beth Krebs Kovacik of Deer Park

September 24, 1954 - February 27, 2018