Worried Widow
Samuel Willis died on his daughter’s birthday, February 4th, in 1953. Kate was left a widow, living with her daughter’s family in Pasadena, but the group soon moved out to Oregon. She lived there until her passing in July of 1972. She was 96 years old when she finally passed away and was buried out in Monmouth, Oregon…
No Recovery
Her daughter reported that her mother never once talked about the experiences she had aboard the Titanic. If she did, she would often become overly emotional and be unable to carry on the conversation. Only near the end of her life did she finally expose the story of the people she met on the ship, and who gave Sybil Marion her name…