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Hilda Maxine Proper was born on 21 August 1917 in Ohio.^1,2 She and William E. Choate were married on 14 August 1939 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.³ She died on 6 February 2004, at age 86.²

Ileen (Eileen) Marie Proper was born on 4 June 1919 in Illinois.^1,2 She died on 29 August 1989, at age 70, in Newark, Licking, Ohio.²

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Raymond Proper was born on 26 January 1922 in Ohio.^1,2,2 He died on 9 August 1942, at age 20, in Soloman Islands (WWII sinking of the USS Quincy.)²

He was in the United States Navy during World War 2. He died when his ship was sank during the battle of Savo Island. His ship USS Quincy CA-39 sustained many direct hits which killed 370 men including the captain and 167 men wounded. She sank, bow first, at 2:38 a.m., being the first ship sunk in the area which was later known as Ironbottom Sound.