Titanic survivor descendants honored at Skokie exhibit

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Wednesday marks 112 years since the maiden voyage of the Titanic. Days later, it would hit an iceberg and sink.

Descendants of one of the survivors came to a ceremony at the Titanic travelling exhibit at Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, which has just been extended to July 7.“My grandma was really just a grandma. She did not talk about the Titanic,” said Linda Schwenzfeier, granddaughter of Bertha Lehmann. “Her whole life, she would not get on another boat.“

Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly“The ship is hit. She initially thought it didn’t sound like much. She looked outside and said well, nothing happened and went back to bed,” said Randy Luhrs, Lehmann’s grandson.“One of the orchestra members who did speak French, communicated with her and told her to go get her jacket,” Luhrs said.

Lach says we can learn lessons from the Titanic 112 years later, including the danger of overconfidence.

 

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