NESS, Dolores Jean

Dolores J. Ness, 78, of Peoria, AZ, formerly of Chandler, AZ., and Thief River Falls, MN., died Friday, January 30, 2004. Dolores Jean Ness was born June 8, 1925, the daughter of George and Winifred Hart, in Miles City, Montana. She graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1947 and began working for the YWCA in Grand Forks N.D. She married Charles S. Ness in May of 1948. In 1961 she received her teaching degree from UND and taught 2nd grade in Grand Forks, N.D. and Thief River Falls, MN. until she retired in 1981. She was very active in the Methodist church and a lifetime member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived by her son Roger (Jan) of Thief River Falls, MN; daughters, Sandra (Bob) Clingenpeel of Glendale, AZ., and Cheryl (Al) Decker of Gilbert, AZ. Dolores is also survived by 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles, brother, Roger Hart, and great-grandson, Zachary Ness. Services were held on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at First United Methodist Church of Gilbert, 331 S. Cooper, Gilbert, AZ. Published in the Arizona Republic on 2/3/2004.