Eleanor Marie Atherton

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• Census: 1940, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1940 US Census she was recorded, age 1, living on 58 North Main Street, Orange, Massachusetts with her parents.
• Residence: 1957, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was listed in the 1957 Athol City Directory.
• Residence: 2005, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; At the time of her death, she lived in Orange, Massachusetts.
• Obituary: 6 Oct 2005; Eleanor M. Geikie Musician ORANGE- Eleanor M. Atherton Geikie, 67, of 18 Hamilton Avenue, died on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at St. Vincent's Hospital-Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, following an illness.
  Born in Orange on July 2, 1938, she was a daughter of George E. and Dorothy M.. Rogers Atherton and lived all her life in Orange. She attended Orange Elementary schools and graduated from Orange High School in 1956. She was married to Frank Geikie Jr., and enjoyed thirty eight years of marriage until his death on December 9, 1995. A longtime employee of the L. S. Starrett Company in Athol for over 25 years, she retired in 2000.
  She loved music all her life, was a longtime member of the Orange Community Band, played the saxophone and enjoyed the Pioneer Brass as well as the Petersham Brass Band. She was a longtime supporter of the Mahar Rahjahas, the parent support group for the music department. Eleanor served as a Den Mother for Cub Scouts for several years. She also had been one of the founders of Boy Scout Troop 1837. A member of the Orange Central Congregational Church and was a friend of the First Universalist Church in Orange also.
  Survivors include a son, Glenn T. Geikie of North Attleboro; daughters, Cara M. Deane of Orange, and Lisa D. Jean of East Berlin, PA; grandchildren, Aubree Deane and Kyle Deane of Orange, Samantha Geikie of Fallbrook, CA, Jeffrey Geikie and Kellsey Geikie of North Attleboro, and Abbey Jean of East Berlin, PA; and her fiance, Richard Valley Besides her husband Frank, she was predeceased by a son, Bruce M. Geikie in 1997 and a brother, Ernest Atherton in 1982 and another brother, Alton Atherton.
  Funeral services will be held on Saturday morning, October 8, 2005 at 10:00AM in Witty's Funeral Home, 158 South Main Street, Orange. The Rev. Vance E. Frank will officiate. Interment will follow in South Cemetery, Orange. Calling hours will be held on Friday evening, October 7th from 6-8PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to the Orange Community Band, c/o Richard Tandy, 30 Burrill Ave., Orange, mA 01364 or to the Orange Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 298, Orange, mA 01364. Witty's Funeral Home, Orange, is directing the arrangements. Guest register and directions available at www.wittyfuneralhome.com.
• Last Full Review: 12 Sep 2020

Eleanor married Frank Geikie, Jr. on 4 May 1957 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Frank (son of Frank Geikie and Gladys Irene Deyo) was born on 3 Apr 1931 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Dec 1995 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in South Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Graduation: 1977, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In 1977 he graduated from Mahar Regional High School, Orange, Massachusetts.
• Military: From 26 Sep 1986 to 6 Jun 1997; From 26 September 1986 to 6 June 1997 he was in the U.S. Navy rising to the rank of a Chief Petty Officer. During his 20-year naval career, he received two Navy Achievement Medals and numerous other citations, including for marksmanship in pistol and rifle shooting.
• Residence: 1990, Munford, Tipton County, Tennessee; In 1990 he lived on 462 Colonial, Munford, Tennessee.
• Miscellaneous: 1 Jun 1997, Hemet, Riverside County, California; He sustained injuries in a skydiving accident on 1 June 1997 in Hemet, California.
• Obituary: 20 Jun 1997; Bruce Geikie, master parachutist, 38, with 20-year career in Navy Bruce M. Geikie, a chief petty officer attached to North Island Naval Air Station, died June 6 of injuries suffered in a skydiving accident. He was 38. Mr. Geikie died at Riverside General Hospital, where he was taken after he was injured June 1 in Hemet. A master test parachutist, Mr. Geikie was assigned to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 8 aboard the aircraft carrier Nimitz. During his 20-year naval career, he received two Navy Achievement Medals and numerous other citations, including for marksmanship in pistol and rifle shooting. As a member of the U.S. Parachutist Association, Mr. Geikie had logged 4,795 jumps. He held a Class D expert parachutist license and was a certified tandem instructor, an accelerated free-fall jump master and a senior parachute rigger accredited by the Federal Aviation Administration. Mr. Geikie was a native of Orange, Mass., where he was a member of American Legion Post 172. He had lived in Fallbrook for the past two years. He is survived by his wife of seven years, Penny; daughter, Samantha Elizabeth Geikie of Fallbrook; his mother, Eleanor Geikie of Orange, Mass.; sisters, Cara Deane of Orange, Mass., and Lisa Jean of Douglasville, Ga.; and brother, Glenn Geikie of Franklin, Mass. Services were June 12 at North Island Naval Air Station. Donations are suggested to the Samantha Geikie Trust Fund, in care of Valley Merchants Bank, 800 E. Florida St., Hemet, CA 92543. Published by the San Diego Union-Tribune, Friday, June 20, 1997
• Last Full Review: 10 Oct 2020

Notes:

Death: SSDI gives his death as 5 June 1997.

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Died:
He died at Riverside General Hospital from a skydiving accident.

Family/Spouse: Penny Mohler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Glenn married Tina Mercure [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cara married Fred Andrew Deane [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lisa married Bernard J. "Bernie" Jean [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aubree married Anthony Samuel Novak [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]