Eunice Renshaw Geiger

Eunice Renshaw Geiger (April 30, 1893 - January 4, 1982) is an American former 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 (1893-04-30)April 30, 1893 Pensacola, Florida
Died	January 4, 1982(1982-01-04) (aged 88)
Spouse	Roy Geiger ​ ​ (m. 1917; died 1947)​
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

On April 30, 1893, Geiger was born as Eunice Renshaw Thompson in Pensacola, Florida. ^[1][2]

Career

In 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. ^[3][4]

Personal life

Geiger met Roy Geiger while he was in Pensacola, Florida. On 1917, Geiger married Roy Geiger (1885-1947), who later became a General of United States Marine Corps and the First Military Governor of Guam. ^[5] They had two children, Roy and Joyce. Geiger and her family lived in places including Pensacola, Florida, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Haiti, and Newport, Rhode Island. ^[2][1][6][7]

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. ^[4][6]

On January 4, 1982, Geiger died. Geiger is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. ^[2][8]

References

1. . 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)()
2. "Eunice Geiger (Renshaw)". geni.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
3. "LIBERATION: Marines in the Recapture of Guam - General Roy S. Geiger". nps.gov. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
4. "FLORIDA HIGHWAY NAMED FOR MARINE". marines.mil. July 11, 2002. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
5. Wellons, Major James B. (2015). General Roy S. Geiger, USMC Marine Aviator, Joint Force Commander. Pickle Partners Publishing. ISBN 9781786250896. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
6. . 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)()
7. "Eunice Geiger in the 1940 Census". ancestry.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
8. "Eunice Renshaw Geiger". ancestry.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

External links

• Eunice Renshaw Geiger at findagrave.com