RMS Titanic Victim. She is best remembered for her dignified manner of death aboard the RMS Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. Born Rosalie Ida Blun, a German-born American, she married Isidor Straus in 1871, and the two were inseparable, writing to each other every day when they were apart. Her husband had a successful career as a U.S. Congressman and co-owner of the Macy's department store. The couple had seven children. When the Titanic sailed from England, the couple was returning from a vacation. After striking an iceberg in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, the crew began loading the women and children into lifeboats, refusing to let the men join their families. She refused to leave her beloved husband on the sinking ship, and told him, "We have been together for many years. Where you go, I go." This comment was overheard by several surviving witnesses. They were last seen together on the deck of the ship. After the sinking, the body of Isidor Straus was recovered by the British cargo ship "Mackay-Bennett," chartered by the White Star Line for the purpose of recovering as many of the dead as possible. Since her body was never found, the children of Isidor and Ida took an urn of ocean water from the Titanic wreck site and interred the urn with Isidor at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York. His grave marker became her cenotaph.
RMS Titanic Victim. She is best remembered for her dignified manner of death aboard the RMS Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. Born Rosalie Ida Blun, a German-born American, she married Isidor Straus in 1871, and the two were inseparable, writing to each other every day when they were apart. Her husband had a successful career as a U.S. Congressman and co-owner of the Macy's department store. The couple had seven children. When the Titanic sailed from England, the couple was returning from a vacation. After striking an iceberg in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, the crew began loading the women and children into lifeboats, refusing to let the men join their families. She refused to leave her beloved husband on the sinking ship, and told him, "We have been together for many years. Where you go, I go." This comment was overheard by several surviving witnesses. They were last seen together on the deck of the ship. After the sinking, the body of Isidor Straus was recovered by the British cargo ship "Mackay-Bennett," chartered by the White Star Line for the purpose of recovering as many of the dead as possible. Since her body was never found, the children of Isidor and Ida took an urn of ocean water from the Titanic wreck site and interred the urn with Isidor at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York. His grave marker became her cenotaph.
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Many waters cannot quench love - neither can the floods drown it. (Song of Solomon 8:7)
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