Wilma Freemyer lived in Las Vegas, Nevada for 56 years. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 14, 1919. Freemyer worked as an advertising manager for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 42 years and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary Arie 1213. She served as president of the Eagles Auxiliary in 1956. She died in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8, 1995.

Merle Frehner was born on July 20, 1905 in Littlefield, Arizona, the son of two Mormon settlers. In 1910, the Frehners moved to St. Thomas, Nevada. Along with his family, Merle Frehner drove freight teams and transported ore and other mining supplies. Frehner later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and started a Ford car dealership. Frehner married Beulah LaVon Conger in 1930 in Utah. Merle Frehner died on January 10, 1994, in Las Vegas.