Eunice Renshaw Geiger
{{Short description|American First Lady of Guam}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Eunice Renshaw Geiger
|image =
|caption =
|office = First Lady of Guam
|governor = Roy Geiger
|term_label = In role
|term_start = July 21, 1944
|term_end = August 10, 1944
|birth_date = {{Birth date |1893|04|30}}
|birth_place = Pensacola, Florida, US
|death_date = {{Death date and age |1982|01|04|1893|04|30}}
|birthname = Eunice Renshaw Thompson
|occupation = First Lady of Guam
|spouse = {{marriage|Roy Geiger|1917|1947|end=died}}
|children = 2
|module ={{Infobox person
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|other_names = Eunice Geiger, Eunice R. Geiger, Eunice R. Thompson, Eunice Thompson, Eunice Renshaw Thompson Geiger}}
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Eunice Renshaw Geiger (April 30, 1893 – January 4, 1982) was an American First Lady of Guam.
Early life
On April 30, 1893, Geiger was born as Eunice Renshaw Thompson in Pensacola, Florida.
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. {{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/npswapa/extcontent/usmc/pcn-190-003126-00/sec1.htm |title=Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of Guam – General Roy S. Geiger |website=nps.gov |accessdate=November 8, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.albany.marines.mil/News/News-Article-Display/Article/507746/florida-highway-named-for-marine/ |title=Florida Highway Named for Marine |website=marines.mil |date=July 11, 2002 |accessdate=November 8, 2021}}
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.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ChwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28 |title=General Roy S. Geiger, USMC Marine Aviator, Joint Force Commander |publisher=Pickle Partners Publishing |first=Major James B. |last=Wellons |date=2015 |isbn=9781786250896 |accessdate=November 8, 2021}} They had two children, Roy and Joyce. Geiger and her family lived in places including Pensacola, Florida, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Haiti, and Newport, Rhode Island.{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Rhode-Island/Eunice-Geiger_3v3w7b/ |title=Eunice Geiger in the 1940 Census |website=ancestry.com |accessdate=November 8, 2021}}
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. {{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pensacolanewsjournal/name/joyce-johnson-obituary?id=19967298 |title=Joyce Johnson |website=legacy.com |date=2011 |accessdate=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108085825/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pensacolanewsjournal/name/joyce-johnson-obituary?id=19967298 |url-status=bot: unknown }}()
Geiger's son is Roy Stanley Geiger Jr. (1920-2014), who was an Army Col.{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/roy-geiger-obituary?pid=169013815 |title=Roy S. GEIGER Jr. |website=legacy.com |date=2014 |accessdate=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106042453/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/roy-geiger-obituary?pid=169013815 |url-status=bot: unknown }}()
On January 4, 1982, Geiger died. Geiger is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.{{cite web | url = https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgZHZWlnZXISBkV1bmljZQ--/ | website = ANC Explorer | accessdate = September 1, 2024 | title = Burial detail: Geiger, Eunice Redshaw }}
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Category:Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
Category:First ladies and gentlemen of Guam