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Titanic survivor buried in quiet Worcester funeral
Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American Titanic survivor living in Shrewsbury, died at 99. A private life with distant relatives, she drew national notice at her funeral with a packed flower room and strangers praying at the graveside.
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Worcester
Mass
Lillian Gertrud Asplund
New Zealand
Argentina
Giovane Luz
Leominster
Asplund
Shrewsbury
North Atlantic
Katherine Mangsen
Nordgren Memorial Chapel
Jeffrey Newhall
Selma Asplund
Felix Asplund
Karen Kamuda
Titanic Historical Society
Kamuda
Neal Hamberg
U.S
Luz