Irven (Irvin) Roland Ness

Lilah Crowe2021-04-05T13:58:37-05:00

Name: Irven (Irvin) Roland Ness
Location of Birth: Duluth, Minnesota
Date of Birth: March 27, 1923
Date of Death: September 24, 1963 (40 years old)
Parents: Roy E. Ness and Ventla (Hendricks) Ness
High School and Class: 1941 - Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
College: Vocational School in Superior, Wisconsin
Highest Rank: CPL 4 (Corporal 4)
Branch: Army
Other Branch: United States Army Air Corps
Date Sworn In: April 29, 1943
Place Sworn In: ?? Records were destroyed in a fire in St. Louis, MIssouri
Date of Discharge: April 4, 1946
Place of Discharge:
Military Awards:

Military Highlights:
Served in Germany.
Served with the Special Service Company in World War II

Wars Involved:
World War II

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Civilian Life:
Records indicate two different spellings of first name: Irven and Irvin

Funeral services for Irven, who died September 24, 1963 in Spooner, Wisconsin, were held Saturday afternoon at Dahls Mortuary in Spooner.

Survivors include his wife, Ruby of Spooner, Wisconsin; a daughter, Katherine; and a son, David; his mother, Mrs. Ed Erickson of Bovey; his father, Roy Ness of Coleraine; a brother, Rayfield Ness of Berkeley, California; and a sister, Mrs. William (Genevieve) Hitchcock, of Wichita Falls, Texas.

Mr. Ness was a graduate of Greenway High School and served in the Army Air Corps in World War II.

Mr. Ness is buried in Spooner City Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Washburn County at Spooner, Wisconsin.

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