Sr. Marjorie Delaplane, formerly known as Sr. Maria Inviolata Delaplane, died on July 4 at the Dominican Life Center  in Adrian. She was 91 and in the 71st year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Delaplane was born in Chicago to Harry and Margaret (Kleinert) Delaplane. She graduated from Aquinas Dominican High School in Chicago; received a bachelor of music degree in piano from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian; and a master of music degree in piano from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

She spent 26 years in both elementary and secondary schools in Michigan, Arizona, Illinois and Ohio. In Michigan, she taught at St. Mary School, Adrian (1943-44); St. William School, Walled Lake (1950-51); and Dominican High School, Detroit (1954-57). She became a resident of the Dominican Life Center in 2014.

Sr. Delaplane is survived by three sisters: Lois Ilg of Lady Lake, Fla.; Eleanor Delaplane of Palos Heights, Ill.; and Sr. Joan Delaplane, also an Adrian Dominican Sister. She was predeceased by a sister, Sr. Marya Delaplane, also an Adrian Dominican Sister.

A Mass of Christian Burial was in St. Catherine Chapel on July 9. Burial is in the Congregation cemetery.