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Geer, Florence 'Gail' Gertrude
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| LAST: Geer
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FIRST: Florence 'Gail'
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MID: Gertrude
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| GENDER: F
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MAIDEN NAME: Moore
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TITLE: Mrs.
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| BORN: 6 Oct 1888
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DIED: 18 Sep 1941
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BURIED: 2 Sep 1941
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OCCUPATION: Housewife; Registered Nurse
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| BIRTH PLACE: Ohio
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| DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1941) #2865 - F. Gail Geer, female, married (Arch A. Geer), occupation housewife & registered nurse, b. 6 Oct 1941 [sic], d. 19 Sep 1941 in Portland, Oregon (St. Vincent's Hospital) at the age of 52 y's 11 m's 17 d's, name of father William D. Moore, maiden name of mother Josephine Zane (b. Pennsylvania), interment 21 Sep, undertaker Rigdon, informant A. A. Geer of Salem.
1900 OH CENSUS - Gertrude F. Moore, age 11, b. Oct 1888 in Ohio, is enumerated with father William, age 42, occupation brick mason, b. Jul 1857 in Kentucky, and his wife of 21 years, Josephine, age 44, b. Aug 1855 in New Jersey, along with Myrtle, age 20, b. Sep 1879 in Ohio, Bertha, age 19, b. Dec 1880 in Ohio, and Leon, age 16, b. Aug 1883 in Ohio. Also enumerated with the family is Gertrude Moore, identified as mother [of William], age 66, widowed, b. Aug 1833 in New York.
MARRIAGE - Arch A. Geer m Florence G. Moore 29 Feb 1916 in Multnomah Co., Oregon
1930 OR CENSUS - Florence, age 42, first married at age 29, b. Ohio, is enumerated with husband - Arch A. Geer, age 45, first married at age 32, occupation farmer, b. Washington, along with Vesper, age 12, b. Oregon, and Reba, age 11, b. Oregon. Also enumerated is Josephine Moore, identified as mother-in-law [of Arch], age 73, widow, first married at age 21, b. Pennsylvania.
NOTE: Photo of F. Gail, courtesy of Vesper Geer Rose.
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OBITUARY:
Deaths – In Portland Thursday, September 18, F. Gail Geer, aged 52 years. Late resident of 2505 North 5th Street. Wife of Arch A. Geer and mother of Mrs. Vesper Eldridge and Mrs. Reba Wilcox of Salem, sister of Mrs. Myrtle N. Moore of Salem. Also survived by two grandchildren. Services will be held in the chapel of the W.T. Rigdon Company Sunday, September 21, at 1:30 p.m. Concluding services Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Capital Journal 19 Sep 1941 10:8.
Many local friends and former neighbors attended funeral services at W.T. Rigdon Chapel in Salem Sunday at 1:30 p.m. for Mrs. F. Gail Geer, wife of Arch A. Geer of Salem, former residents of this community.
Mrs. Geer passed away at the age of 52 years at a Portland hospital Friday.
Rev. H.C. Stover of Salem officiated at the services and Max Scriber was soloist. Concluding services were in Mt. Hope Cemetery here.
Besides her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Vesper Eldridge and Mrs. Reba Wilcox, and two grandchildren of Salem, a brother; Leon Moore of California, and a sister, Myrtle N. Moore of Salem, survive.
Silverton Appeal Tribune 26 Sep 1941 2:5.
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INSCRIPTION:
F. Gail Geer
1888 - 1941
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SOURCES:
Hellie, Mader & Rickey
Saucy
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1941) #2865
1900 OH CENSUS (Hamilton Co., Cincinnati, ED 3, sheet 9B)
Oregon Marriages, 1906-20
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Silverton S., ED 79, sheet 6A)
CJ 19 Sep 1941 10:8
SA 26 Sep 1941 2:5
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