The first woman police officer ever hired in Warsaw has passed away.

Geneva Brumfield was 93 when she died Thursday, of natural causes. (See obituary)

Brumfield graduated from Syracuse High School before becoming a jail matron in Kosciusko County. She served in that role for eight years and, in 1960, became the first woman police officer for Warsaw Police Department.

On Dec. 16, 1970, she married Gene Brumfield, who was then the chief of police in Warsaw. She retired from law enforcement in 1976, when she became a county clerk for the sheriff and mayor to assist them in clerical and receptionist duties until 1984.