Evelyn was born May 26, 1922, in rural Keosauqua to Rex Vale and Goldie Gibson Kerr and married Glen N. Syfert on Sept. 30, 1938, in Fairfield. They lived in Fairfield, Cherokee Village, Arkansas, and Birmingham. Evelyn entered Good Samaritan Center, Keosauqua, in 2008. She was a longtime member of Fairfield Church of the Nazarene and had been a Sunday school teacher and choir member, had been a member of Fairfield Rebekah Lodge and cooked at Red & Ruth's and Ranch Drive-in restaurants and worked many years at Fairfield Glove Company.
Source: Excerpts from Evelyn's obituary, published by a Keosauqua newspaper on 7 Sep 2015.