Robert Covell

Robert Lewis Covell passed away peacefully September 30th, 2021. He and his wife, Joyce Covell, had just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. He was 86 years old and will be missed greatly. Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Ethel and Philip Covell, his brother, Darrell Covell, as well as a daughter, Janet Pace, and a grandchild , Shawn Pace . He is survived by his wife, Joyce Covell, 5 children, Stephen Covell, Shelly Brown, Mark Bengtson, Tracey Tobin and Christopher Covell. Additionally there are 7 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. Robert was born in Concordia Missouri on July 8th, 1935. He was the 2nd son of Phillip and Ethel Covell. They lived there until approximately 1945 when they moved back to Kansas City, Missouri. He lived the rest of his life in the Kansas City Metro. Robert graduated from Westport High School in 1953. He worked for the railroad for a short while before he went to work for Deluxe Check Printers. Over the course of 25 years he worked his way up to Plant Superintendent before leaving to open his own print shop, Copymate Printing. After selling the print shop he worked for Olathe Ford selling cars as he had a lifelong passion for cars. Robert loved baseball and coached girls and boys teams. He was an avid tennis player and played into his 60’s. For years the family had a cabin at the Lake of the Ozarks and he loved spending time there boating and fishing.