Hays, Kansas -Twila Mae Befort, age 78, died Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at her home in Hays, Kansas.
She was born October 2, 1938, in Gorham, Kansas to Harry and Clara (Hoffman) Goetz. She married Marvin F. Befort on October 6, 1956, at Gorham, Kansas. He died June 6, 2012.
She and her husband owned and operated M & V Flooring in Hays until they retired. She was raised in Gorham and attended Gorham High School. She was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Daughters of Isabella, V.F.W. Auxiliary and past president all of Hays.
Survivors include two sons, Douglas Befort and wife, Sydney, Morrison, CO; Daryl Befort, Hays, KS; one granddaughter, Dannique Duran; one great granddaughter, Eve Duran; one sister, Paulette Goetz, Las Vegas, NV.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sisters, Mary Stafford and Harriet “Herby” Goetz.
Services are 11:00 A.M. Monday, November 21, 2016, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 1805 Vine Street, Hays, Kansas. Inurnment will be in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery Munjor, Kansas at a later date.
A Daughters of Isabella Rosary and a V.F.W. Auxiliary memorial services will be at 6:00 P.M. Sunday, followed by a vigil service is at 7:30 P.M. Sunday, all at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601.
Visitation is from 5:30 to 8:00 P.M. Sunday, at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays and from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. Monday, at the church.
Memorials to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church or St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery.
Condolences and be left at guestbook at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or can be sent via
e-mail to clinesmortuary@eaglecom.net.