Wis. Woman leaves the former high school over $ 1 million of her property after death

A upper secondary school In Wisconsin, a big financial surprise was given thanks to a former student.

Milly Chapman, which was previously known as Millie Lindahl, donated her property after her death to Osceola High School – 78 years after she degree as part of the class institution’s class 1947, according to Protect 11.

Superintendent Becky Styles told the outlet that she received an e -mail message last summer about how Chapman wanted to leave $ 1.8 million, with more in the future, to her Alma Mater after her death in 2021.

“It was like, wait a bit, alarm bells,” Styles told Kare 11 and added: “This does not happen in public schools so often where someone is,” Hello, here, here we have this for you. “

The school administrator said that she and others were “absolutely stupid” of the financial amount provided to them, so they made a deep dive to reveal who exactly Chapman was.

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By using yearbooks, Styles and others discovered that Chapman was a cheerleader, was involved in the drama club and was also part of the yearbook committee and school newspaper.

Still, when they questioned Chapman, “When did she graduate, where she went to school and then she ended up,” discovered the group, “there was not much there.”

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When the final amount left by Chapman after her property has been decided, Superintendent Styles told Kare 11 that the school has ideas for how to best use the money, including creating municipal student spaces or a performance center named after the former student.

When it comes to why she thinks Chapman left the large sum to her high school, Styles explained to the outlet, “I think it was a place where she was where she could be who she wanted to be.”

“It was one of the happiest times of her life, and that was what she held on to,” she continued with Chapman, leaving that she thinks Osceola High School “was a place that brought her great happiness.”