A Final Farewell: The Life and Loss of George D. Wick
I have been learning about some of the people who were on board the Titanic. So I want to tell you a little about George D. Wick.
He was born on the 19th of February 1854 in Youngstown, Ohio.
His family was involved in banking and real estate. He became known as
determined and forward-thinking. He worked alongside partners like James A.
Campbell, and he helped build ventures that shaped his community’s future.
By the late 19th century, as industry had begun shifting
from iron to steel, Wick found himself at the centre of that change. In 1900,
he became the founding president of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Even
when he was ill and was forced to step away, he eventually returned.
In 1912, he travelled to Europe with his family. On the 10th
of April, they boarded the Titanic at Southampton. Everything changed on the
night of the 14th of April, when the ship hit the iceberg. Wick made sure that
his family were placed into lifeboats. He was last seen waving to them.
His body was sadly never recovered, but back home, the town
that he had helped to shape paused in silence to honour him.
Do you think moments like his final farewell tell us more
about a person than their lifetime of achievements ever could?
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