Eunice Renshaw Geiger

Eunice Renshaw Geiger 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.

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. They had two children, Roy and Joyce. Geiger and her family lived in places including Pensacola, Florida, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Haiti, and Newport, Rhode Island.
Geiger's daughter Joyce Geiger Johnson 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.
Geiger's son is Roy Stanley Geiger Jr., who was an Army Col.
On January 4, 1982, Geiger died. Geiger is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.