Juanita “Nita” Bryson White Haven, 100 and a half, passed away Nov. 7, 2015, in Kalispell. 

Nita was born April 17,1915, to Joe and Mamie Lewis in Unionville, Missouri. She was 6 months old when the family moved to Eastern Montana. They lived in a sod house until 1924, then they moved to Andes, Montana. Nita was baptized in the Church of Christ during her teens and tried to live faithful the rest of her life. 

She worked at a lot of different jobs. She went to Seattle in 1943 and worked in a Zoom factory. The women had a job piling lumber and making more money than she was, so she quit her job and went to piling lumber. During the war in 1944, she went to Portland and worked in the shipyards for a shipfitter as a tacker. 

On Aug. 6,1955, she married Donald Bryson, who was a rancher. He had three children, Gladys,13 years; Dolores, 11 years; and Gene,10 years old. Donald died Oct. 8,1975. On Oct. 27,1979, she married Jim White and moved to Lewiston, Idaho. Jim died Jan. 30,1985. Nita made a trip to Israel after that, which was one of her highlights. She married Chet Haven on Sept. 18,1999, from Portland. Chet was a fiddler so they played a lot of music, and traveled a lot. Chet died Aug. 9, 2006. Montana was always home, so after Chet’s death she returned back to Kalispell. 

Nita was preceded in death by her parents, three husbands, three brothers, four sisters, and one granddaughter. 

Nita is survived by her daughters, Gladys and Ron Gleason, and Dee Bob Wray; and a son, Gene and Kathy Bryson; 11 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and seven great great grandchildren. 

Visitation of Nita will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today, Nov.10, at Buffalo Hill Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Stillwater Church of Christ, with burial following at Glacier Memorial Gardens. 

Friends are encouraged to visit the website www.buffalohillfh.com to leave notes of condolence for the family. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for the family