Obit., 1976 - mid_Missouri newspaper: William Edward Giesing Dies at Vet Hospital William Edward Giesing, Sr., 50, Jefferson City, died Thursday, March 25, 1976, at the Harry S Truman Veterans Hospital at Columbia where he had been a patient for ten days. Mr. Giesing was born June 16, 1926, at Chamois, the son of Edward and Jane Townsley Giesing. He was married to Fern Tripp, who survives. Other survivors include 8 sons, Kenneth of Holts Summit, William of Henley, Robert serving with the U. S. Marines in Japan, Norbert, William Jr., Leslie, Henry, and Eddie Giesing, all of the home. Six daughters, Mrs. Alice Gardner, Jefferson City; Mrs. Judity Gibbs, Little Hockings, Ohio, Mrs. Ann Grothoff, Hazelwood, Mrs. Jane Bay, Holts Summit; Mrs. Juanita Palmer, state of California, and Miss Kay Giesing of the home. Six brothers, Gerald of Omaha, Nebraska, Harold of Grandview, Raymond, St. Louis; Henry, Jacksonville, Florida; Oliver, Linn; Norbert, Lohman and 20 grandchildren. Mr. Giesing attended the Chamois parochial school. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Roy Sone Post No. 1003, Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was also a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Buescher Memorial Chapel in Jefferson City. Burial was in Resurrection Cemetery.