Hazel Dunn Nite

Hazel was the eighth child of Simeon and Annie Dunn. Her early life was spent in Manassa, Colorado where she graduated from high school in 1933. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles, California where she lived with her older sister, Ethel Forsyth. Hazel attended Beauty College in Huntington Park, California. It was there that she met and married James Graham Nite.

Hazel and Jimmie moved to Round Mountain, Nevada six months after they were married. When Ronnie, their first child was born, they moved to Colorado and lived on the Dunn ranch west of Romeo. Hazel's second child, Jeanine was born in Manassa.

In 1940, there was another move. This time to Port Townsend, Washington. After Max was born, the family returned again to Manassa where Karen was born.

The Nites returned to California. This time to Santa Monica where they lived for many years. Hazel worked as an electrical assembler at North American Aviation for fifteen years.

After retirement, Hazel returned yet again to Manassa. She participated in the Spanish Name Extraction program and on February 5, 1982, she received a mission call to serve in the Seattle Washington Mission for 18 months.

Upon her return to Manassa, she continued to serve in the Spanish name extraction program.

Her home today sits on the property that was once Simeon and Annie's. Her home is where the chicken coop had been. Jeanine's home sits near Hazel's and they take good care of each other.

When I return home to Manassa, it's to Hazel's home that I go. I love her humor and her grit. When I saw her a couple of weeks ago, she reminded me, "It's hell to get old." It may be, but she has really done it graciously.

Thanks to Vera Louise Dunn for the information provided in, A History of the Ancestors and Descendants of Simeon Harmon Dunn and Anna Buletta Jensen, compiled by Vera Louise and published privately in 1993.