Personal Life
Ness was married to Edna Staley (1900–1988) from 1929 to 1938, illustrator Evaline Ness (1911–1986) from 1939 to 1945, and artist Elisabeth Andersen Seaver (1906–1977) from 1946 until his death. He also had an adopted son Robert (1946–1976). Ness's ashes were scattered in one of the small ponds on the grounds of Lake View Cemetery, in Cleveland.
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