Adele "Delia" Lindley Straup (November 27, 1866 – September 15, 1947) was an American educator and clubwoman.
Early life
editAdele "Delia" Lindley was born November 27, 1866, in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of Ashbury Lindley (1830-1906) and Mary Elizabeth Huston (1835-1886).
Career
editDelia L. Straup taught school in Indiana and Salt Lake City. By 1890, she was assistant principal of a high school in the fourteenth ward of Salt Lake City[1] (possibly East High School).[2]
Straup also served for two years as president of Women's Republican Club; for one year, she was president of the Ladies Literary Club and Reviewers Club.
Personal life
editDelia L. Straup moved to Utah in 1896 and lived at 225 S. 12th East St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
In April 1889, in Valparaiso, Indiana, she married Judge Daniel Newton Straup (1862-1945), an associate justice for the Utah State Supreme Court, and had three children: Cordelia (1897-1990), Rosalind (1899-1982), Danella (1902-1996). [3] [4]
She died on September 15, 1947, and is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Salt Lake City), with her husband. [5]
References
edit- ^ "Teachers' Assignments: The List of THem as Prepared by the Superintendent and Adopted by the Education Board". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 12, 1890. p. 5.
- ^ "School History - East High School Alumni". www.easthighalumnislc.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 179. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Friday, November 2, 1945". The Salt Lake Tribune. 1945. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Adam Barner Family Reunion". Retrieved 2 September 2017.
