A photo of Mary Jane Collins (1919 -- 1969) who enlisted in the Navy WAVES in September of 1943, and was sent to Oklahoma A&M College at Stillwater for Yeoman training. It was there she met her future husband, D. Ray House (1918 -- (1885), who was stationed at Camp Maxey with the 99th Infantry division. They were married in Dallas in April of 1944, and Roy was deployed to Europe in September of 1944. Mary Jane went on to serve with the WAVES at the Algiers Naval Repair Base in New Orleans, eventually achieving the rank of Yeoman First Class.
Mary Jane (Collins) House was born in 1919, and died at age 50 years old in 1969. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Jane (Collins) House.
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