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Salinas-Menjivar, Mayra
Mayra Salinas-Menjivar’s tenacious spirit has given her confidence from a very young age. She was six years old when she boarded was on a plane from El Salvador to Los Angeles. Her companion was a woman she did not know and was not related to. All Mayra knew was that this woman would be the friend who would reunite her with her mother. This one life episode is part of the framework of attorney Salinas-Menjivar and her ability to explain the difference between child trafficking and a companion.
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Thome, Ronald, 1941-2010
Ronald Roe Thome was born September 24, 1941. Thome worked and lived in Las Vegas, Nevada as a traffic engineer until he passed away November 3, 2010 at the age of 69.
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“Ronald Thome Obituary” Dignity Memorial, November 2010. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/ronald-thome-4431316.
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Tomlin, Ron Dee
Ron Dee Tomlin is a photographer in Las Vegas, Nevada and the son of of Dorothy and Donald Tomlin. He was educated in California, and graduated from Santa Rosa Junior College. He currently is a self employed photographer in Las Vegas.
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Tomlin, Ron. “Ron Tomlin - Commercial Photographer-Artist - Self-Employed.” LinkedIn. Accessed July 1, 2020. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-tomlin-83a01372.
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Stay, Evaline, 1882-1947
Evaline Stewart was born September 22, 1882 to Helen and Archibald Stewart on the Las Vegas Ranch located Las Vegas, Nevada. She was known to her family as Eva, and she was educated on the ranch until 1897, when she was sent to California with her other younger siblings to further their education. She returned to Nevada after her education and married Clarence Archibald Stay in 1917. She had four children, Clarence Jr., Francis, Evaline LaVega, and Clinton. Evaline Stewart Stay died on August 1, 1947 in Las Vegas.
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Stocker, Oscar Wellington, 1872-1941
Oscar Wellington Stocker was born on April 1, 1872 in Easton, Pennsylvannia. Oscar married Mayme Virgina Clifton on December 26, 1891 in Reading, Pennsylvania, who would later become the first person to hold a legal casino license. He and his wife had three sons, Clarence, Harold, and Lester. The family left Pennsylvania in 1904, eventually settling in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1911. Oscar worked as an engine foreman for the railroad yards in Las Vegas and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen. He passed away on September 10, 1941.
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