Wendy Rush, the wife of Stockton Rush, the OceanGate CEO who was piloting the submersible that disappeared during a dive to the wreckage, is a descendant of two first-class passengers who died when the Titanic sank in 1912. Story from The New York Times.
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Wendy Rush, the wife of Stockton Rush, the OceanGate CEO who was piloting the submersible that disappeared Sunday during a dive to the Titanic wreckage, is a descendant of two first-class passengers who died when the ocean liner sank in 1912, archival records show. Wendy Rush is a great-great-granddaughter of retailing magnate Isidor Straus and his wife, Ida, two of the wealthiest people aboard the Titanic for its voyage. Straus, born in 1845, was a co-owner of Macy’s department store.Rush, born Wendy Hollings Weil, married Stockton Rush in 1986, according to a New York Times wedding announcement.
Rush is descended from of one of the Strauses’ daughters, Minnie, who married Dr. Richard Weil in 1905. Their son, Richard Weil Jr., later served as president of Macy’s New York, and his son, Dr. Richard Weil III, is Rush’s father, according to Joan Adler, the executive director of the Straus Historical Society.
Isidor Straus’ body was found at sea roughly two weeks after the Titanic sank, New York Times archives show. Ida Straus’ remains have never been recovered.
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