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07 May 2006 04:59:57 PM |
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Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12675494/
Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies
Lillian Gertrud Asplund was 5 when liner sank in North Atlantic in 1912
Updated: 3:51 p.m. ET May 7, 2006
BOSTON - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the
sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday.
She was 99.
Asplund, who was just 5 years old, lost her father and three brothers —
including a fraternal twin — when the “practically unsinkable” ship went
down in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg.
She died Saturday at her home in Shrewsbury, said Ronald E. Johnson,
vice president of the Nordgren Memorial Chapel in Worcester, Mass.
“She went to sleep peacefully,” he said.
Asplund’s mother, Selma, and another brother, Felix, who was 3, also
survived the Titanic sinking in the early morning of April 15, 1912.
Asplund was the last Titanic survivor with actual memories of the
sinking, but she shunned publicity and rarely spoke about the events.
At least two other survivors are living, but they were too young to have
memories of the disaster. Barbara Joyce West Dainton of Truro, England,
was 10 months old and Elizabeth Gladys “Millvina” Dean of Southampton,
England, was 2 months old.
The Asplund family had boarded the ship in Southampton, England, as
third-class passengers on their way back to Worcester from their
ancestral homeland, Sweden, where they had spent several years.
‘I could see the icebergs ...’
Asplund’s mother described the sinking in an interview with the
Worcester Telegram & Gazette newspaper shortly after she and her two
children arrived in the city.
Selma Asplund said the family went to the Titanic’s upper deck after the
ship struck the iceberg.
“I could see the icebergs for a great distance around ... It was cold
and the little ones were cuddling close to one another and trying to
keep from under the feet of the many excited people ... My little girl,
Lillie, accompanied me, and my husband said ’Go ahead, we will get into
one of the other boats.’ He smiled as he said it.”
Because they lost all of their possessions and money, the city of
Worcester held a fundraiser and a benefit concert that together brought
in about $2,000 for the surviving Asplunds.
Lillian Asplund never married and worked at secretarial jobs in the
Worcester area most of her life. She retired early to care for her
mother, who was described as having never gotten over the tragedy.
Selma Asplund died on the 52nd anniversary of the sinking in 1964 at age
91. Felix Asplund died on March 1, 1983, at age 73.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, Johnson said.
© 2006 The Associated Press
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| User: "johac" |
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08 May 2006 01:24:59 AM |
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In article <ubrs52tmd2e98ss3cg8b27j5bjp1480bej@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12675494/
Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies
Lillian Gertrud Asplund was 5 when liner sank in North Atlantic in 1912
Updated: 3:51 p.m. ET May 7, 2006
BOSTON - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the
sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday.
She was 99.
A voice from another era is stilled. What is interesting that today is
the 91st anniversary of the sinking of another ship, the Lusitania, by a
German submarine off the coast of ireland. Nearly 1200 were lost.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies |
12 May 2006 07:45:54 PM |
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On Sun, 07 May 2006 23:24:59 -0700, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <ubrs52tmd2e98ss3cg8b27j5bjp1480bej@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12675494/
Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies
Lillian Gertrud Asplund was 5 when liner sank in North Atlantic in 1912
Updated: 3:51 p.m. ET May 7, 2006
BOSTON - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the
sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday.
She was 99.
A voice from another era is stilled.
Yes.
What is interesting that today is
the 91st anniversary of the sinking of another ship, the Lusitania, by a
German submarine off the coast of ireland. Nearly 1200 were lost.
The only person to survive that 1911 shirt factory fire died last year.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies |
08 May 2006 12:24:24 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet johac
(jhachmann@sbcglobal.com) made the light shine upon us with this:
In article <ubrs52tmd2e98ss3cg8b27j5bjp1480bej@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12675494/
Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies
Lillian Gertrud Asplund was 5 when liner sank in North Atlantic in
1912
Updated: 3:51 p.m. ET May 7, 2006
BOSTON - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the
sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday.
She was 99.
A voice from another era is stilled. What is interesting that today is
the 91st anniversary of the sinking of another ship, the Lusitania, by
a German submarine off the coast of ireland. Nearly 1200 were lost.
There's a movie making the "on demand" circuit, called Ghosts of the
Abyss. It's a documentary by James Cameron of "Titanic", and actually
worth watching. It spends most of its time on the Titanic wreck, but
includes a few others like the Lusitania. Funny how the media took hold
of the Titanic story in such a big way that most people are completely
unaware of the equal or greater gravity of the other disasters.
--
Uncle Vic
aa Atheist #2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
The laws that require me to NOT kill people I don't like REALLY bug
me, or there would be many less of YOUR kind.
-John Weatherly
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies |
09 May 2006 12:33:07 AM |
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In article <Xns97BD69DC5AB04vicman@216.196.97.136>,
Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com> wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet johac
(jhachmann@sbcglobal.com) made the light shine upon us with this:
In article <ubrs52tmd2e98ss3cg8b27j5bjp1480bej@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12675494/
Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies
Lillian Gertrud Asplund was 5 when liner sank in North Atlantic in
1912
Updated: 3:51 p.m. ET May 7, 2006
BOSTON - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the
sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday.
She was 99.
A voice from another era is stilled. What is interesting that today is
the 91st anniversary of the sinking of another ship, the Lusitania, by
a German submarine off the coast of ireland. Nearly 1200 were lost.
There's a movie making the "on demand" circuit, called Ghosts of the
Abyss. It's a documentary by James Cameron of "Titanic", and actually
worth watching. It spends most of its time on the Titanic wreck, but
includes a few others like the Lusitania. Funny how the media took hold
of the Titanic story in such a big way that most people are completely
unaware of the equal or greater gravity of the other disasters.
I'll have to look for it. Most know about the Titanic, fewer know about
the Lusitania, but how many know about the biggest marine disaster?
In 1945 the German ship, Wilhelm Gustloff, was sunk by a Russian
submarine in the Baltic sea with the loss of over 7000 lives, mostly
refugee,s fleeing from the advancing Red armies. More dead than the
Titanic and Lusitania combined.
http://www.deepimage.co.uk/wrecks/wilhelm-gustoff/gustloff_main.htm
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies |
12 May 2006 07:53:46 PM |
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On Mon, 08 May 2006 22:33:07 -0700, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <Xns97BD69DC5AB04vicman@216.196.97.136>,
Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com> wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet johac
(jhachmann@sbcglobal.com) made the light shine upon us with this:
In article <ubrs52tmd2e98ss3cg8b27j5bjp1480bej@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12675494/
Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies
Lillian Gertrud Asplund was 5 when liner sank in North Atlantic in
1912
Updated: 3:51 p.m. ET May 7, 2006
BOSTON - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the
sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday.
She was 99.
A voice from another era is stilled. What is interesting that today is
the 91st anniversary of the sinking of another ship, the Lusitania, by
a German submarine off the coast of ireland. Nearly 1200 were lost.
There's a movie making the "on demand" circuit, called Ghosts of the
Abyss. It's a documentary by James Cameron of "Titanic", and actually
worth watching. It spends most of its time on the Titanic wreck, but
includes a few others like the Lusitania. Funny how the media took hold
of the Titanic story in such a big way that most people are completely
unaware of the equal or greater gravity of the other disasters.
I'll have to look for it. Most know about the Titanic, fewer know about
the Lusitania, but how many know about the biggest marine disaster?
In 1945 the German ship, Wilhelm Gustloff, was sunk by a Russian
submarine in the Baltic sea with the loss of over 7000 lives, mostly
refugee,s fleeing from the advancing Red armies. More dead than the
Titanic and Lusitania combined.
http://www.deepimage.co.uk/wrecks/wilhelm-gustoff/gustloff_main.htm
They found 'strength through joy' in Davy Jones' Locker.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies |
12 May 2006 07:47:05 PM |
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On Mon, 08 May 2006 12:24:24 -0500, Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet johac
(jhachmann@sbcglobal.com) made the light shine upon us with this:
In article <ubrs52tmd2e98ss3cg8b27j5bjp1480bej@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12675494/
Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies
Lillian Gertrud Asplund was 5 when liner sank in North Atlantic in
1912
Updated: 3:51 p.m. ET May 7, 2006
BOSTON - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the
sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday.
She was 99.
A voice from another era is stilled. What is interesting that today is
the 91st anniversary of the sinking of another ship, the Lusitania, by
a German submarine off the coast of ireland. Nearly 1200 were lost.
There's a movie making the "on demand" circuit, called Ghosts of the
Abyss. It's a documentary by James Cameron of "Titanic", and actually
worth watching. It spends most of its time on the Titanic wreck, but
includes a few others like the Lusitania. Funny how the media took hold
of the Titanic story in such a big way that most people are completely
unaware of the equal or greater gravity of the other disasters.
A lot of the then current list of "Who's Who" went down with the ship.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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