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Deacon, Mary Dale, 1943-
Mary Dale Deacon was born in El Paso, Texas, and grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Her father was a Presbyterian minister. Deacon and her older sister and younger brother all attended grade school and high school in Las Cruces.
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Bunch, Nellie, 1902-1997
Nellie Bunch was born November 3, 1902 in Chariton County, Missouri.
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Bunker, Berkeley Lloyd, 1906-1999
Berkeley Bunker was born August 12, 1906 in St. Thomas, Nevada. His grandfather was a Mormon pioneer who moved the family to Southern Nevada. Bunker attended Moapa Valley High School in Overton, Nevada, and graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1926. After graduating from high school, Bunker filled a Mormon Mission for the church in the Southern States Mission. He met his wife during his mission and was married in the St. George Mormon Temple in St. George, Utah in 1933. Bunker passed away January 21, 1999.
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Horner, Esther, 1909-1994
Esther Horner came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931 from Texas at the height of the Great Depression. She was a housewife until her husband died in 1947, then worked in finance for 27 years before retiring.
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Mulroy, Patricia
Patricia Mulroy was born in Frankfurt, Germany on February 24, 1953. As a young girl, she lived in several different countries, but always felt that the United States was her home. Her experiences abroad led her to develop a fascination with government work and state service. She arrived in Nevada in 1974 to attend the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In 1989, Mulroy became the general manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District. She entered the field at a tumultuous time, facing the drought of the Colorado River and tension within the districts.
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Lavigne, Randy, 1943-
Randy Lavigne was born September 27, 1943 in Emory Gap, Tennessee. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1994 and became the executive director of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Las Vegas Chapter in 1995.
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Cagley, Lee, 1951-
Lee Cagley was born January 31, 1951 in the Panama Canal Zone. His father was a civil engineer for the Panama Canal Company, and after he left that job, Cagley spent his childhood in Dallas, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Des Moines, Iowa. He started to attend Rice University but left before he completed his degree in architecture. Cagley returned to college a few years later and graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in interior design in 1975.
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