Ernest Elroy Ness, Jr.

Ernest “Bud” Ness, 92, of Bemidji, MN died Friday, August 26, 2022 at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center.

Memorial Services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Cass Lake. A time of sharing will be 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home, Bemidji and one hour prior to the service at the church.

Ernest Elroy Ness Jr. was born August 14, 1930 in Cass Lake to Ernest Elroy and Sadie (Elliott) Ness Sr. he was raised and educated in Cass Lake Minnesota.  He graduated from Cass Lake High School in 1948. On August 31, 1948 he entered the U.S. Army and was discharged August 30, 1949 then served in the Army Reserves. Bud started working for the Great Northern Railroad while attending Bemidji State Teachers College. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration in 1957 and continued with the railroad. On March 1, 1969 he married Naomi Schaper and helped raise her 5 children. Bud was employed by the Cass Lake Schools as business manager until his retirement in 1988. In 2002 he worked for Walmart in the sporting goods department retiring from Walmart in 2012. He was an avid golfer until 2018 and a novice curler. Bud loved to hunt and fish. He was a 68 year member of Jack Kimball American Legion Post 284, Masonic Lodge, Eagles and Trinity Lutheran Church, Cass Lake.

He is survived by his brother, Robert and Susan Ness of Bemidji; many nieces and nephews; step-children, Pat Lind, Jeff and Denise Schaper, John and Kim Schaper, Pam and Mark Schori and Paul and Debra Schaper.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Sadie; sisters, Doloris Wendling, Elaine Utley, Margie Fredrickson and brother, Ronald Ness.

In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Trinity Lutheran Church of Cass Lake.

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