Beverly A. Giese

A Memorial Service for Beverly A Giese of Morris will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at the Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris with Father Todd Schneider officiating. Visitation will be at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Summit Cemetery in Morris.

Beverly Ann Lonergan was born on October 17, 1931, in Morris, Minnesota the daughter of Maurice and Ethel (Martinson) Lonergan. She received her education at St. Mary’s and Morris Public Schools and graduated from Morris High School in 1949. Following her schooling, she began working at Northwestern Bell and the Morris Theater.

On March 3, 1951, in a blizzard, she married Robert Giese at Assumption Parish House in Morris. The couple farmed by Hancock until 1965 and then moved to Morris.

Along with being a wife and mother, Beverly worked as a switchboard operator at the local telephone company. She retired from the telephone company after transitioning from an operator to office staff when the phone company went automated.

She enjoyed sewing (making many items for her family and others), reading, walking and especially enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Beverly was a member of Assumption Catholic Church all of her life.

Beverly died Saturday, October 25, 2025, at The Legacy in Morris. She was 94 years old.

She is survived by her children, Steve (Carol) Giese of Morris, Mary Pedersen of Ivanhoe, MN, and Jane Giese of Warren, AR; 6 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and 3 sisters, Arlene Nevland of Yuma, AZ, Addie Fowlds of Columbia Heights, MN and Margo Lonergan of Minneapolis, MN.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Maurice and Ethel; husband, Robert Giese; son-in-law, Doug Pedersen; brothers, Jerry, Keith and Don Lonergan and sister, Pat Proudfoot.

The Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris is in care of the arrangements for Beverly.