Titanic passenger Winnifred Van Tongerloo, 98
Posted: Saturday, July 13th, 2002 9:25 amWinnifred Quick Van Tongerloo, one the few remaining survivors of the Titanic sinking, died on July 4 in East Lansing, Mich. She was 98.
Ms. Van Tongerloo was 8 when the Titanic went down after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912. Of the nearly 2,200 people aboard, only 705 were saved. …
Ms. Van Tongerloo’s sister and her mother also survived the sinking. … Read full obituary
