Helen Mae Ness

Helen was born June 1, 1929 in Escanaba, the daughter of George and Rosella (Hirn) Anderson. She graduated from the St. Joseph High School in 1947. Helen was united in marriage to Lester E. Ness Jr. on November 4, 1950. She was a member of the St. Joseph and St. Patrick Parish. She loved spending time with her family and numerous friends. She enjoyed baking, cooking and some of her favorite pastimes were shopping and playing bridge.

Helen is survived by her children, Tom (Joyce) Ness of Gladstone, Kathy (Rich) Kern of Gaylord, Mich., Laurie (Tom) Arkens of Neenah, Wis., and Karen (Bob) Berbohm of Escanaba; grandchildren, Kelsey and Jared Ness, Jen (Clete) Burrows, Brian Arkens, Madalynn (Mike) Haberkorn, Jessica (Mark) Chouinard, Krista (Josh) Pascoe and Kayla (Jason) VanDrese; 15 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a son, Michael John Ness, grandson, J.W. Pascoe, her parents and brother, Don (Anna Mae) Anderson.

Private funeral services to celebrate the life of Helen will be held at the convenience of the family.

The Ness family would like to thank Dr. Hartman and staff and the St. Francis Hospital staff for their kind and compassionate care.

The family is being assisted by the Skradski Family Funeral Home in Escanaba.

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