A celebration of the life of Crystal Marie Geiger will be held 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Swan Lake Senior Center.
Those attending are welcome to bring dishes to share.
Crystal Geiger
Crystal died Sept. 4, at the age of 58.
She was born July 29, 1958, in Raymond, Wash. When she was 2 the family moved to Kodiak, and she graduated from Kodiak High School.
She came to Sitka in 1977 to attend Sheldon Jackson College, and graduated in 1981 with a bachelor of arts degree in elementary education.
On July 24, 1982, she married Robert Geiger, in Owensville, Mo.
Crystal loved life, and was very outgoing and sociable. She was a good artist, and loved unicorns and dragons, Disney movies, animated movies and reading, lots of reading.
She also enjoyed being outside, working in the garden, and having picnics. Camping and boating on weekends was a favorite family activity, up until mobility problems restricted her activities.
Over the years she worked as a dishwasher, dining room checker and monitor, and a housewife and mother.
She was chaplain at the Moose Lodge.
Crystal was preceded in death by her father, Estal Pryor; brothers Jay Prior and Ernie Pryor; and a niece, Mora.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Geiger, son Adam Geiger and granddaughter Anita May Geiger, all of Sitka; her mother, Anna Marie Coates, of Belle, Mo.; a brother, Jerry Pryor of Belle; and a sister and brother-in-law, Sherry and Joe Bond, and their son William, of Anchorage.
The family suggests memorial donations be made to Sitka Community Hospital.