Article: Engagement Ring Store Helps Chicago Soldier Pop the Question ... Again.

United Service Organization and Robbins Brothers partner to help local soldier surprise wife with proposal 're-do'

CHICAGO, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Walter Ripley, a 46-year-old Senior Systems Engineer with the Naval Reserve has been trying to pop the question to his wife Lisa for the past two years -- never mind the fact that she already said "yes." As coworkers, Walter's original proposal to Lisa occurred during their lunch break as he broke the news of his impending deployment to Iraq.

Since then, he's tried to make up for the hurried proposal on several occasions, though it's never worked. When the opportunity arose for Walter to work with the United ...

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