Adella Liebenow Wotherspoon (November 28, 1903 – January 26, 2004) was the youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster of June 15, 1904.
[1] Adella's family was listed as living at 133 East 125th Street in the official register of General Slocum deaths.
At the dedication ceremony, she pulled the rope to release the American flag and unveil the memorial to the fire victims.
[2] The young Wotherspoon played a highly visible role in unveiling a commemorative statue in the cemetery where more than sixty unidentified dead were buried on the first anniversary of the disaster.
Her ashes were buried alongside her husband's at the Wilson Memorial Union Church Cemetery in Watchung, New Jersey.