Eunice Renshaw Geiger

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Eunice Renshaw Geiger (April 30, 1893 January 4, 1982) was an American First Lady of Guam.

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Eunice Renshaw Geiger
First Lady of Guam
In role
July 21, 1944  August 10, 1944
GovernorRoy Geiger
Personal details
Born
Eunice Renshaw Thompson

(1893-04-30)April 30, 1893
Pensacola, Florida, US
DiedJanuary 4, 1982(1982-01-04) (aged 88)
Spouse
(m. 1917; died 1947)
Children2
OccupationFirst Lady of Guam
Other namesEunice Geiger, Eunice R. Geiger, Eunice R. Thompson, Eunice Thompson, Eunice Renshaw Thompson Geiger
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Early life

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

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. [2][3]

Personal life

Geiger 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]

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