Adela W. Tappan
1900-June 17, 1945
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 19, 1945, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Former Resident of Niles Dies at Gary Sunday
Miss Adela Tappan, formerly of Niles, died suddenly Sunday night in Gary of a heart attack, according to word received in Niles Monday afternoon. She was a teacher of English in the Gary High School.
Funeral services will be held and interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles, at 1:30 Wednesday afternoon in the family lot where her parents, the C.Q. Tappans, are buried.
A graduate of the University of Michigan, she is survived by a brother, Clarence and a sister, Elaine. Her father was a mail carrier here for many years.