ALEEN CHESTNUT obituary

KALISPELL Aleen B.

Chestnut, a resident of the

Flathead Valley died Tuesday,

June 13, 2006, in Whitefish.

A memorial gathering at the

home of her son on Spoon Lake

will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. The

address is 870 Lake Drive in

Columbia Falls. For directions,

call Tom Chestnut at (406) 387-

4286 or e-mail [email protected] .

She was born Aleen Byington

in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, June

6, 1916, to Henry and Viola

Byington. She graduated from

high school in Lava Hot Springs

in 1934. She attended the

University of Idaho in Moscow

and graduated in 1939. Upon

graduation, she married John H.

Chestnut and moved to his home town of Havre.

She lived in Havre for 46

years, until she moved to the

Flathead in 1985 to be closer to

her two children, Tom and Mary

Ann. She retired from Buttrey

Foods in 1981 and was active

throughout her life as a volunteer.

She enjoyed skiing, golf,

hiking and gardening.

She was preceded in death by

her husband, John H. Chestnut;

parents, Henry and Viola

Byington; sister, Lucille Nix; and

brother, Dow Byington.

Survivors include her daughter,

Mary Ann; son, Tom; grandson, Scott; granddaughter,

Shelby; and great-granddaughter, Braden Chestnut.