Titanic hero's grave in Jersey City to finally get headstone

By Margaret Schmidt | The Jersey Journal
on May 03, 2016 at 7:08 PM, updated May 03, 2016 at 7:21 PM

Nearly 73 years after a Titanic hero's death, his grave in Jersey City will be properly marked.

A headstone for seaman Robert J. Hopkins will be dedicated and blessed at Holy Name Cemetery on Saturday, the Archdiocese of Newark and the New Jersey-based non-profit Titanic International Society announced.

Four other Titanic survivors buried in Holy Name -- Margaret Devaney O'Neill, Elizabeth Dowdell Fierer, Bridget McDermott Lynch and Thomas McCormack -- will also be commemorated.

Hopkins was assigned to lifeboat 13, which carried McDermott, Dowdell and possibly McCormack, to safety.

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