Mary Etta Syphus (1871-1895) was born January 5, 1871 one of ten children born to Luke and Christiana Syphus. After a series of moves, the family settled in Panaca, Nevada in 1867. Mary Etta Syphus attended Brigham Young Academy Church Normal Training School and graduated in 1893. She taught school in Panaca intermittently between 1892 and 1895. Mary Etta Syphus Bunker passed away on November 30, 1895 in St. Thomas, Nevada.

Steven Hart was born on April 7, 1946, and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada as a one-year-old with his parents, Nat and Sylvia Hart. After graduating from Las Vegas High School, Steven Hart went through an apprenticeship program to become a journeyman carpenter. He then enlisted in the United States Navy and joined its construction battalion during the Vietnam War.

Ted Lenhart worked as an LGBTQ activist in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1990s, primarily focused on the HIV and AIDS epidemic. He worked with multiple organizations, including the Nevada chapters of Aid for AIDS, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP), and the Clark County Coalition of HIV/AIDS Service Providers. Additionally, Lenhart worked to develop social support groups for LGBTQ individuals, including the HIV-Negative Men’s Support Group and Nevada Outdoors, an LGBTQ hiking club.