Monona-Union County IA Archives Obituaries.....Ness, Allen O. January 10, 1965 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Jarvey iandaz@cox.net November 6, 2009, 3:26 pm unknown Allen Ness Obituary (From the collection of Vivian Norby Andersen) Allen O. Ness, a resident of Creston, Iowa, died Sunday, Jan. 10 at the Veterans’ Hospital in Omaha soon after entering, apparently the result of a heart condition. Mr. Ness was born October 18, 1896 at Soldier, Iowa and grew to manhood in the Soldier community. He was a son of Peter and Mary Ness. He had been a resident of Creston since 1952 and was a veteran of World War 1. He was united in marriage to Laura B. Smith on October 17, 1928 in Chicago, Ill. Mr. Ness was a member of the Elks Lodge and Champaign Post No. 70, American Legion of Creston. Survivors include his wife, Laura, one daughter, Mrs. Dalton Jones of Bellevue, Nebr.; two grandsons; two sisters, Mrs. Olaf T. Olson of Soldier and Mrs. Carl Sunner of Eagle Grove, Iowa; one brother, Harry Harris of Whittier, California. The funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13th at the Lutheran church in Soldier. Pastor Harry C. Sorensen conducted the service and Mrs. Harry Andersen was the organist. Active bearers were Chris T. Olson, Arthur Olson, Andrew Navrude, William Lee, Irvin Severson and George Hanson. Honorary bearers from Creston were Howard Harris, Enid Johnson, L. A. Martin, A. Thompson, Harry Wager, A. J. Duben and Robert Kuhl. The members of the Soldier Valley Post No. 462 ,American Legion of Soldier attended in a group and conducted military rites at the Soldier Valley Cemetery. Larry Swain, Commander, was in charge. Arrangements were by Pearson Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/monona/obits/n/ness1415gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/iafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb