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The couple married in October 1945 after delaying their wedding six times due to Milliken's military commitments during the war. They moved to Connecticut, where they lived in a one-bedroom apartment while Milliken completed his senior year at Yale University.[1] They had two children: William Milliken Jr., born October 14, 1946, and Elaine Milliken, who was born on June 6, 1948 and died of cancer in 1993.[2] Helen and William Milliken moved to his native Traverse City, Michigan, after his graduation from Yale University in 1946. She raised their two children while William worked for the family business, the now defunct Milliken's Department Store.