Dateline: Hoisington, Kansas

Evelyn H. Behr, 92, died April 28, 2016, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born April 17, 1924, on the farm North of Ellinwood, the daughter of Frank J. and Mary L. (Frenzl) Huschka.

A longtime Hoisington resident, she was a homemaker. Evelyn was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and Altar Society.

On, November 28, 1945, she married Norbeith E. Seyfert at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ellinwood. He died June 14, 1948. She then married Francis J. Behr on October 7, 1952, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hoisington.

She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Francis J. Behr, Hoisington; two sons, Ronald J. Seyfert and wife Karen of Ada, KS, Norman E. Seyfert and wife Jan of Oak Grove, MO; two daughters, Mary Ann Behr of Hoisington and Janice K. “Jan” Nondorf and husband John of Liberal, KS; a sister-in-law, Kathryn Huschka of Loveland, CO; six grandchildren, ten great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Norbeith E. Seyfert; parents, Frank and Mary Huschka, and eleven siblings; Frank Huschka, Leonard Huschka, Albert Huschka, Frances Sessler, Marie Doll, Ida Rziha, Martin Huschka, Leona Klein, Edward Huschka, Eugene Huschka, and LeRoy Huschka.

Vigil with Altar Society Rosary will be 7 p.m. Sunday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, celebrated by Father Don Bedore, Father Pascal Klein, and Father Ultan Murphy. Burial will follow in St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. John Cemetery Fund or Kans for Kids in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.