Eugene Emil Keller

Eugene Emil Keller Jr., 69, Mandan, North Dakota, passed away Monday, July 18, 2016, at his home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, July 22, 2016, at First Lutheran Church, Mandan, with Pastor Bruce Adams officiating. Visitation is scheduled from 5-7:00 PM, Thursday, July 21, 2016 at DaWise Perry Funeral Services, Mandan. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery.

Eugene was born March 2, 1947, at Beulah, North Dakota, to Eugene and Helen (Boeshans) Keller Sr. He was raised on a dairy farm north of Beulah and graduated from Beulah High School in 1965. He attended college in Fargo and served six years in the National Guard. On November 25, 1966, he married Linda Martin in Cogswell. They lived in Kansas from 1967-1971, where he worked in a grocery store, at an airplane factory, and a salt plant. They moved back to North Dakota and farmed in Beulah and south of Mandan until 1982. He worked in the Bismarck School System from 1982 until his retirement in 2013. Eugene volunteered at Heartview for about eight years, for 4H, various church committees, for Al-Anon for over 30 years including Al-Anon State Delegate and Al-Anon Chair Person, and taught Sunday School for several years.

He is survived by his wife, Linda; his mother, Helen Keller, Mandan; two sons, Eugene (Jody) Keller, and Michael Keller all of Mandan, five grandchildren, Magnus, Titan, Kurtis (Lindsay), Kyle (Christa) and Kendal; two great-grandsons, Desmond and Christopher; two brothers, Dwight (Susan) Keller, Mandan, and Gerald (Cindy) Keller, Mason City, Iowa; two sisters, Karen (Irvin) Wehri, Driscoll, and Joann (Peter) Keller, Fargo; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Eugene was preceded in death by his father, Eugene Keller Sr., and nephew, Nathan Almen.