Eugene Giese

Eugene “Gene” Giese, 80, died April 22, 2025, at his residence in Williston, N.D.

He was born to Raymond and Muriel (Bakkum) Giese on April 21, 1945, in Williston, N.D. He grew up in eastern Montana and graduated valedictorian from Bainville High School. He went to college in Dillon, where he met and married Loreen Short. They had four children.

He worked as a teacher, a principal, a superintendent and an insurance agent. Later in his life, he married Yvonne Knox. He helped her run a flower shop and managed their properties. He always said he had three gifts: making people laugh, getting people to talk and never giving up.

He loved gardening, helping people, visiting his siblings and, most of all, sharing Gospel with others.

He is survived by his sons, Greg, Shane and Brad; siblings, Wayne, Maureen,