Eunice Renshaw Geiger (April 30, 1893 – January 4, 1982) was an American First Lady of Guam.
Eunice Renshaw Geiger | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Guam | |
| In role July 21, 1944 – August 10, 1944 | |
| Governor | Roy Geiger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eunice Renshaw Thompson April 30, 1893 Pensacola, Florida, US |
| Died | January 4, 1982 (aged 88) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | First Lady of Guam |
| Other names | Eunice Geiger, Eunice R. Geiger, Eunice R. Thompson, Eunice Thompson, Eunice Renshaw Thompson Geiger |
Early life
editOn April 30, 1893, Geiger was born as Eunice Renshaw Thompson in Pensacola, Florida.[1]
Career
editIn 1944, during World War II at the Battle of Guam, when Roy Geiger recapture Guam and became the military Governor of Guam, Geiger became the First Lady of Guam on July 21, 1944, until August 10, 1944. [2][3]
Personal life
editGeiger met Roy Geiger while he was in Pensacola, Florida. On 1917, Geiger married Roy Geiger, who later became a General of United States Marine Corps and the First Military Governor of Guam.[4] They had two children, Roy and Joyce. Geiger and her family lived in places including Pensacola, Florida, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Haiti, and Newport, Rhode Island.[1][5][6]
Geiger's daughter Joyce Geiger Johnson (1918-2011) became a member of the Olympic Swim Team. She was a Red Cross Chairman in Quantico, Virginia. She also became a field director of the Girl Scouts. [1]
Geiger's son is Roy Stanley Geiger Jr. (1920-2014), who was an Army Col.[3][5]
On January 4, 1982, Geiger died. Geiger is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Joyce Johnson". legacy.com. 2011. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)() - ^ "Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of Guam – General Roy S. Geiger". nps.gov. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ a b "Florida Highway Named for Marine". marines.mil. July 11, 2002. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ Wellons, Major James B. (2015). General Roy S. Geiger, USMC Marine Aviator, Joint Force Commander. Pickle Partners Publishing. ISBN 9781786250896. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ a b "Roy S. GEIGER Jr". legacy.com. 2014. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)() - ^ "Eunice Geiger in the 1940 Census". ancestry.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "Burial detail: Geiger, Eunice Redshaw". ANC Explorer. Retrieved September 1, 2024.