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Last Name: Covert
First Name: Nathaniel
Middle Name: Lee
Maiden Name:
Date of Death: March 21, 1990
Newspaper: Delaware County (PA) Daily Times
Date of Newspaper: March 23, 1990
Contributor: Florence E O'Bryan
Text of Obituary: Nathaniel Lee Covert, a retired Chester police detective, died Wednesday at Sacred Heart Medical Center after a lengthy illness.
Born in Orangeburg, S.C., he spent most of his life in Chester.
Mr. Covert was an Army veteran of World War II.
He became a Chester police officer more than 20 years ago, rising to the rank of detective before retiring in 1975.
He was a member of the Delaware County Black Policemen's Association, the Fraternal Order of Police William Penn Lodge No. 19, and the 8-1 Republican Club.
He also was a member of the John A. Watts Lodge 224 of the Order of the Elks and the Stockton-Dean Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3425.
He is survived by his wife, Bernice Peterson Covert; a son, Nathaniel E. Covert of Chester; a daughter, Anita Louise of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two sisters, Susie Seawright of Chester and Oletha Randolph of Chester; and a granddaughter.
The funeral will be 7 p.m. Sunday at Providence Baptist Church, Second and Pennell streets, Chester, with viewing from 5 to 7 p.m.
Burial will be 10 a.m. Monday in Greenlawn Cemetery, Chester Township.
Arrangements made by Catherine B. Laws Funeral Home, Chester.
Notes: Born: May 20, 1920
