Evon Louise Ekstedt Sizemore, 78
Heaven gained a true master angler and a most extraordinary woman on Aug. 2, 2021. Our mother — a wife, grandma, sister and true friend to everyone — Evon Louise Ekstedt Sizemore, 78, passed away at the Libby Care Center.
Evon was born in Trout Creek to Clarence and Emma Ekstedt. She spent her childhood roaming the hills, fishing, hunting and keeping her brothers in check. In 1961, at the age of 19, she married Forrest Sizemore of Polson after meeting this handsome cowboy in Arlee, where she graduated from high school. Together, they spent the next 37 years living on a farm in Valley View, running rodeo stock in the early years and raising beef cattle along with three children.
Evon had many careers, spanning restaurant work, bartending and working every machine in a bee factory. At age 50, this incredible woman went back to school and became a cosmetologist.
In 1998, the couple retired, sold the farm and moved to Libby. Evon loved this small mountain town with its great people and fishing spots. The Libby Café Coffee Club and her neighbors meant the world to her!
Evon’s talents included being an expert in fishing, cooking and baking, gardening and canning, arts and crafts, sewing, along with being musically gifted in piano and vocals, and she was a hunter like no other. Evon loved to play all types of games and was a great conversationalist. Evon’s greatest joy and hobby was fishing — and now the fish are resting, too.
Evon was preceded in death by her father and mother, Clarence Ekstedt and Emma Young (Ekstedt) Douglas, and two brothers, Forest and Charles Ekstedt. Only 17 days after her passing, Evon’s husband of 59 years, Forrest, joined her in eternal rest.
Evon’s legacy lives on in her family’s three children and their families: son, Clancy and his wife, Sue Sizemore, and daughters, Doris and her husband, Dan Hetchler, and Shawna Dillard; grandchildren: Tyrell and Courtney Sizemore, James Sizemore, Brittney Tiensvold, Keith and Tara Hetchler, Naomi Pete and Trevor Reynolds; and great-grandchildren: Adlee Jo, Mason, Hayley, Emma, Josie, Natalie and Kalynn Grace
She is survived by her brothers, Don and his wife, Ellen Ekstedt, Trueman and his wife, Joanne Ekstedt, and Carl and his wife, Lois Ekstedt, along with several nephews and nieces.
Evon’s family will hold a celebration and life memorial next year in Trout Creek at the Family Apple Tree. The littlest moments have never felt bigger.