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Alois “Al” Ness

Feb. 14, 1930 - Nov. 3, 2018

Alois “Al” Ness, 88,

Minot, died Saturday, No-

vember 3, 2018 in a Minot

Hospital.

Al was born February

14, 1930 at Minot, North

Dakota, the son of Fred

and Grace Ness. He was

raised and educated at

Minot and graduated from

Minot High School in

1948.

Al was united in mar-

riage to E. Delores “Dode”

Rearick on December 18,

1948 in Minot. They made

their home in Minot,

where Al received special-ized Electrical training at

Holmes Electric.

Throughout the years, he

was employed with

Holmes Electric and later

with Northwestern Elec-

tric. Together they raised

two children, Connie and

Richard.

After retiring, Al and

Dode enjoyed spending

winters in Mesa, AZ. He

enjoyed snowmobiling,

playing cards and spend-

ing time with grandchil-

dren and great-grand-

children. Dode died

February 10, 2003.

His loving family in-

cludes, daughter, Connie

(Erick) Thompson, Gran-

ville, ND, son, Richard

(Kathy) Ness, Fargo, ND;

special friend and com-

panion Marianne Ryan, 6

grandchildren & 17 great-

grandchildren; several

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Al was preceded in

death by his parents, wife

of 55 years, Delores,

brother, Orville Ness and

sister-in-law, Dorothy

Ness.

Funeral service: Friday,

November 9, 2018 at

11:00 a.m. in St. Mark’s

Lutheran Church, Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Thursday,

November 8th from

3:00-6:00 p.m. in Thomas

Family Funeral Home,

Minot.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories are

invited to use the expres-

sions of sympathy section

at (www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com).