"She's tired of all the attention," an unidentified employee told the Hunterdon Review.
Clinton Mayor Janice Kovach attended Dunlap's birthday celebration to present her with a proclamation from the town honoring her as the oldest living American.
While the designation has been confirmed by the Gerontology Research Group, Dunlap maintains she's a decade younger than the group claims.
"Apparently she tells people she's only 104," Kovach said. "You know what? I think anyone who's 114 can claim anything they want."
In addition to requesting her record-setting birthday not be celebrated separately from the other residents of Country Arch she shrugged off reporters from The Record who inquired about her birthday wish.
"I've never thought of such a thing. I don't wish for anything," she said.
Dunlap's special day ultimately came and went with little more than a rendition of "Happy Birthday" performed by staff for her and 15 other residents.
"Ms. Adele has requested that the celebrations become fewer because she says we are all important, and that speaks volumes about who she is," Country Arch's marketing director Susan Dempster said.
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