Sister Eugene Geiger received some very special guests this month. Her great grandnieces, Caroline and Paige – wiggly and pink six-month-old twins - came to Villa Assumpta to meet their great-great-aunt for the first time. Barbara Geiger Green (left) and Joan Menutti (right) Sister Eugene’s nieces, came carrying the bundles of joy on a fine and sunny day in May. Barbara said of her aunt, “Sister Eugene Geiger has been a true inspiration for my entire family. She has led a life dedicated to helping others in so many ways. I am so proud of her dedication to SSND and am truly fortunate to be her niece and to have known her for so many years.”
Sister Eugene Marie Geiger was born on December 4, 1919, in Newark, New Jersey, the second daughter to Elizabeth nee Ollemar and Frank Geiger. She and her sister, Virginia, entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame; Virginia in 1933 and Eugene in 1939. Sister Eugene professed first vows on July 30, 1943, in Baltimore. She was a teacher, administrator and guidance counselor for more than 50 years. She ministered in Baltimore, Cumberland, Hagerstown and Bryantown for more than 25 years; and St. Hubert Catholic High for Girls in Philadephia as a guidance counselor for 11 years; and principal of Madonna Academy in Florida for eight years.
Sister Eugene celebrated her 75th jubilee last year.
