Titanica.  She and James boarded at Southampton, and they were listed as first class.”

     Sounds of agreement went all around the room.  Okay, so far, so good.  I took a deep breath and went on.

     “She disembarked from the Carpathia, by herself, on April 18, 1912, in New York City.  Her last residence is here in Kansas City.  She died November 21, 1954, of cancer, and she’s buried in Park Lane Methodist Cemetery.”

     “You’ve done your homework well, Miss Mumm,” said another woman.

     “Yes.  But there are a few things you don’t know about her,” said the man who had spoken first earlier.

     “I’m all ears,” I told...

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