Gene Udell Potter

Gene Udell Potter, 70, Bismarck, North Dakota, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016, at Sanford Health, Bismarck. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, May 20, 2016, at First Presbyterian Church, Bismarck with Rev. Dr. David Reiter officiating. Visitation is scheduled for 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Thursday, May 19, 2016, at DaWise-Perry Funeral Services and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, at 3:00 PM.

Gene was born November 22, 1945, at Carrington, North Dakota, to Ernest and Arietta (Sandvold) Potter. He was raised and educated in Bismarck where he graduated from Bismarck High School in 1964. On February 23, 1965, he married Edie Lepke in Bismarck. Gene was in the National Guard from 1964 - 1969. He worked as a painter for many years, for Eckert Painting and Arrow Restoration. He also owned Potter's Painting and Staining. Gene enjoyed deer hunting, fishing, boating, playing pool league for the Main Bar, spending time with his granddog Brooklyn, and attending or playing in the McQuade's Softball Tournament for Tequila Gomez.

He is survived by his wife, Edie, Bismarck; two daughters, Tammy Potter, Bismarck, and Melissa (Joseph) Roybal, Colorado Springs, Colorado; one son, Daniel Potter, Bismarck; two brothers, Gale (Kathy) Potter, Flasher, and Robert (Marlys) Potter, Fargo; two grandchildren, Christopher McNeil and Joseph Roybal; aunt and uncle Ron (Erna) Yost, Colorado Springs, Colorado, other special people, Steven, Noreen, and Stuart McNeal; Jerry Adams, Harley and Sharon Wagner, Larry and Sheila Glasser; Main Bar Pool League friends, Al and Diane Leier; and his granddog, Brooklyn.

Gene was preceded in death by his parents; and three brothers, Richard, Lowell, and Gary Potter.