Ida Mazer Straus VIRGINIA BEACH - Ida Mazer Straus, 98, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2009. Born in Baltimore, Ida moved to Richmond, where she married and ...

A plaque of former co-owner Isidor Straus and his wife Ida Straus at the Macy’s flagship store in New York, in 2022. Photo by Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...

Stockton Rush’s wife, Wendy, is a direct descendant of Isador and Ida Straus, who were passengers on the Titanic when it hit an iceberg during its maiden voyage in 1912.

Stockton Rush's wife Wendy Rush is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor and Ida Straus, who allegedly refused to leave the sinking ship until all women and children were on lifeboats.

FILE -Flowers adorn the renovated Isidor and Ida Straus memorial plaque as Macy’s and the Straus Historical Society celebrate its rededication during a ceremony at the Macy’s Herald Square ...

Wendy Rush, the OceanGate communications director, is the great-great-grandchild of Titanic victims Isidor and Ida Straus, according to The New York Times (LinkedIn) ...

Ida and Isidore Straus died after she gave up her spot in a lifeboat to stay with him on the sinking Titanic. Their great-great-granddaughter Wendy Rush is married to Stockton Rush, the founder of ...

Per a report from the outlet published Wednesday, Wendy Rush — who is director of communications at OceanGate — is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor and Ida Strauss, who died after the ...

With his brother Nathan, Straus became co-owner of Macy’s department store, and was active in Democratic party politics. He married Ida Blun (born 1849 in Worms, Germany) in 1871.

The proof is in the pudding.” In Titanic, Palter played a fictionalized version of Isidor Straus, a department store magnate who died on the ship in 1912 with his wife, Ida Straus.

Isidor Straus’s body was found at sea several weeks after the disaster, according to New York Times archives. Ida Straus’s remains were not recovered.

Isidor and Ida Straus have become known for a Titanic story about reportedly choosing to go down together on the sinking ship, arm in arm. Survivors said Isidor Straus would not get on a lifeboat ...