MILLVINA DEAN, 97
Millvinna, her brother and mother, were among the 700 who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Her father, however, went down with the ship along with 1500 others..
She died at her nursing home near Southampton, England where her family boarded the ill-fated ship. Her death, May 31st, also came on the 98th anniversary of the ship's launching, May 31, 1911.
She was always willing to talk about her experience on the Titanic, although, at age 6 weeks, she was too young to remember about it, but her mom filled her in.
She, her mother Georgette, 32, father Bertram, 27, and brother Bertram, Jr, 23 months, boarded in 3rd class. Her parents had sold their pub in London and planned to settle in Kansas City and open a tobacco shop. Actually, they were originally booked on another White Star Line ship, but a national coal strike had caused it to be cancelled. They were offered bookage on the Titanic and took it.
To Be Continued. --Cooter
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