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Log Book - Kaare Ness 1/23/15
The Gentle Fisherman - Kaare Ness - January 23, 2015
Trident Seafoods co-founder Kaare Ness passed away on Saturday, January 23rd, I learned from my Facebook page on Sunday. Kaare was born in Karmoy, Norway in 1928 and moved to the United States (starting on the East Coast and ultimately ending up in Ballard - Seattle, Washington).
Chuck Bundrant in the back and partner Kaare Ness in the passenger seat - Market Street 2014
Pictured above on the happy occasion of the Syttende Mai parade in Ballard, Kaare was proud of his heritage and beloved by the fishing industry that he played such a large role in developing. With this in mind, the Ness family has requested donations in memory of Kaare be made to:
A quiet man with a warm smile, Kaare even had a song written about him, The Gentle Fisherman (by Aleksander Hauge):
Where the Northern Light
Flash in the night
He was born on an island up North
where the Vikings sailed out from the roughest shore
with long fields and heather moors
From his childhood's land
he was a fisher man
who learned early to fight against the waves
and one day at George's Bank, he nearly was dead
but God took his hand instead
Ref: 'cause he is a man that America needed
with his friend from Tennessee
they built this great fishing company
from Alaska along the Pacific sea
He called his first boat
the Viking Queen
and he is still the King
they know his name and they love this man
from Seattle and up to Akutan
With a heart of gold
and a blessed sole
we will all say thanks to you
You light up the way, for rich and poor
When you opened up your fisherman's door
Ref.
Related Articles:
- KarmøyNytt: The Gentle Fisherman
- KarmøyNytt: Kaare Ness (87) er død
- Twitter.com: Ballard Syttende Mai
- Ballard News Tribune: 17th of May
- Undercurrent News: Trident Mourns the loss of founding partner
- Intrafish.com: Bundrant Ness Partnership defined company
- Intrafish.com: Trident Seafoods founding partner dies
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