Sister Mary Alyce Koval

Sister Mary Alyce Koval, OSU, died on Sunday April 12, 2026, at Ursuline Sisters Senior Living.

 She was 78. Mary Alyce Koval was born on October 6, 1947, in Youngstown, the daughter of John and Margaret Volk Koval.

 Sister Mary Alyce attended SS. Peter and Paul Elementary School and graduated from Ursuline High School in 1965. She entered the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown on September 12, 1965, and was received into the novitiate on August 8, 1966. She made a perpetual profession of vows on August 15, 1973. Sister Mary Alyce earned a BS in Education from Youngstown State University, an MS in Elementary Education from the University of Dayton, and a MA in Ministry from Ursuline College, Cleveland.

In 58 years of active ministry, Sister Mary Alyce served in a variety of settings. She was a teacher at St. Nicholas, Struthers, St. Rose, Girard, and St. Luke. She served as principal at St. Joseph, Austintown, St. Rose, Girard, and St. Charles. She served as Education Director at Beatitude House. She also served as diocesan pastoral associate at St. Luke Parish from 2017-2025. Until the time of her death, she was a pastoral minister at the parishes in northern Trumbull County: St. Thomas the Apostle, Vienna, St. Robert, Cortland, and St. William, Champion. In addition to these ministries, Sister Mary Alyce served the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown as Director of Formation, and three terms on the Leadership Team of the Ursuline Sisters. She was also active in a variety of organizations. She previously served on the Board of Beatitude House and Park Vista. In addition, she served on the following Boards until the time of her death: St Joseph the Provider School, Antonine Village, Mahoning Valley Association of Churches, and the Inter-congregational Advisory Board of Regina Heath Center, Richfield. Beginning in 2007, she also volunteered as a companion for Hospice of the Valley.

Sister Mary Alyce leaves her Sisters in Community, a sister, Nancy Arreola of Santa Rosa, CA. and two brothers, Robert (Laurie) of Denver CO, and John (Maureen) of Poland. She also has several nieces and nephews.

 Friends may call at the Ursuline Motherhouse Chapel, 4250 Shields Rd. Canfield on Thursday April 16, 2026, from 3:00-7:00 pm. The Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday April 17, 2026, at 11:00 am at St. Catherine of Siena Parish, St. Luke Church, 5235 South Ave. Friends may call at St. Luke Church prior to the funeral beginning at 9:30 am.

 In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Ursuline Sisters Mission.

 Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Boardman-Canfield Chapel.