Evelyn Doreen Ness (nee Goebel) entered her eternal rest on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at the age of 86 years. Evelyn was born in Melville, SK on November 5, 1930. She was raised and attended school in Melville. In her early years, she worked at the King George Hotel and the Beanery. She then met and later married Omar Ness on October 28, 1953, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Melville; this union was blessed with five children. Evelyn was a full-time homemaker, and in her later years she worked at various jobs, including Jay-Dee Family Footwear, Robinsons and Hague’s Greenhouse, and was well known as ‘the burger flipper’ at the Melville Millionaire hockey games. In 2013 Evelyn moved to Heritage House in Melville where she enjoyed spending time with new friends and acquaintances.

Evelyn was predeceased by: her parents, Leonard and Leopoldine Goebel; husband Omar Ness in 1983; brothers, Len, Ernie, Harold and Rick; sisters, Gladys and Elizabeth (in infancy). She is survived by: daughter Sharon Ness, granddaughter Tamara (Scott) Horsey, all from Whitehorse, YK; son Larry (Theresa) Ness of Harrison Hot Springs, BC, granddaughter Jennifer (Blair) Hetherington, great-granddaughters Calynn and Allegra of Abbotsford, BC, granddaughter Stephanie Ness and fiancé Chad (son Mitchell) of Perth, Australia, step-granddaughter PJ (Steve) Coltman, step-great-grandson Dayton of Pritchard, BC; son Brian (Linda) Ness of Saskatoon, SK; son Darryl (Linda) Ness, grandsons Dustin Ness (Amanda), Jeffery Ness (Janaya and son Jaxon Rask) and granddaughter Rebecca Ness, all of Saskatoon, SK; daughter Adele (Larry) Yeadon of Melville, SK, granddaughters Allison Yeadon (fiancé Matthew) of Saskatoon, SK and Katelyn Yeadon of Melville, SK, grandson Jared Yeadon (Brittany) of Melville, SK and granddaughter Erin Yeadon of Melville, SK. She is also survived by brother Don (Ruth) Goebel of Melville, SK; brother-in-law Henry Senetza of Cranbrook, BC; sister-in-law Sylvia Nelson of Oakville, ON; brother-in-law Gordon (Freda) Ness of Edmonton, AB; sister-in-law Pearl Ness of Melville, SK, and numerous nieces and nephews.