Evelyn E. Calvert was born on May 7, 1936 in Pitkin, Louisiana to Buster and Eunice (Anding) Doyle. She grew up with two brothers and a sister.

Evelyn met Alfred Francis Calvert while he was serving in the Air Force. She went with him to his home town of Attica, Kansas and married him there on August 20, 1962. This union was already blessed with Alfred's 2 children, Randy and Linda, and Evelyn's 2 children, Debbie and Allen Jr. Their family grew with the love of 5 more children, Alfred Jr, Chris, Tina, Paul, and Tammy. After Alfred retired from the Air Force, the family moved to Attica. Evelyn and Alfred had been married for 53 and a half years when he passed away on March 5, 2016.

Although Evelyn worked some outside of the home, she was always a homemaker first. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, family was the most important thing in her life.

On January 22, 2017, Evelyn passed away in her home at the age of 80 years, 8 months, and 15 days with her family by her side. She is preceded in death by her parents, Buster and Eunice; her husband, Alfred Francis Calvert Sr; her son, Chris Calvert; step-daughter, Linda Calvert; great-granddaughter, Ariel Winter; both of her brothers and her sister; and a son-in-law, James Adams.

Evelyn will be dearly missed by her children: Debbie Adams of Rockwell, TX, Allen Powell Jr and his wife, Moira of Palo Pinto, TX, Alfred "Junior" Calvert and his wife, Staci of Attica, Tina A. Hays and her husband, Jeff of Wellington, Paul E. Calvert of Attica, Tammy Woods and her husband, Brian of Attica; step-son, Randy Calvert of Bryan, Texas; 17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and many friends.

Registration and viewing will be from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.

Funeral Service will take place at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Prairie Rose Funeral Home in Harper with Pastor Jason Byers officiating. Interment will follow at the Attica Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to the Shriners Hospital on behalf of Grayce Asper and may be sent in care of the funeral home.

Prairie Rose Funeral Homes, 613 W 14th ~ Harper, Kansas 67058 is in charge of the arrangements.