Hilda (Kipps) Geist
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Title
Hilda (Kipps) Geist
Subject
Geist, Hilda Kipps (1923-2023)
Description
Portrait photograph of Hilda (Kipps) Geist as a young woman.
She was the daughter of Melvin "Doc" and Rosie (Grim) Kipps and grew up in Shenandoah County.
She met her husband, Jack Geist,, when he was visiting the area with friends. Hilda and Jack were married in 1944 during his service as a C-47 pilot in the Army Air Corps during WWII.
After the war, they lived in the Washington, DC area while Jack was attending George Washington University. Later, they moved to Woodstock, VA.
Next, they lived at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for several years while Hilda was working as a draftswoman for the telephone company and Jack was working for the Army Corps of Engineers.
They moved to Satellite Beach, Florida, in 1957.
Hilda was very active in the PTA, the Officers' Wives' Club at Patrick Air Force Base, in Florida, and in leading Brownie and Girl Scout troops while raising their two daughters, Pam (Geist) Smith and Sandy (Geist) Foxworth.
She was the daughter of Melvin "Doc" and Rosie (Grim) Kipps and grew up in Shenandoah County.
She met her husband, Jack Geist,, when he was visiting the area with friends. Hilda and Jack were married in 1944 during his service as a C-47 pilot in the Army Air Corps during WWII.
After the war, they lived in the Washington, DC area while Jack was attending George Washington University. Later, they moved to Woodstock, VA.
Next, they lived at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for several years while Hilda was working as a draftswoman for the telephone company and Jack was working for the Army Corps of Engineers.
They moved to Satellite Beach, Florida, in 1957.
Hilda was very active in the PTA, the Officers' Wives' Club at Patrick Air Force Base, in Florida, and in leading Brownie and Girl Scout troops while raising their two daughters, Pam (Geist) Smith and Sandy (Geist) Foxworth.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "June 1945".
Contributor
Identified in 2012 by Phyllis Wright who was a neighbor of the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records including her obituary posted on the Find-A-Grave website.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
025580
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Hilda (Kipps) Geist,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/55246.
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