Gertrude Rudiak was born August 2, 1915 in North Dakota to Russian immigrants. She grew up in Wisconsin until 1924. That year, her family drove to California via the Yellowstone Trail. Her father had a chiropractic practice in Los Angeles, California. After Rudiak earned a music degree at the University of California at Berkeley, she attended a business college, and she got a job as a social worker in northern California.

Linda Faiss, Helen Foley, and Melissa Warren founded and run Faiss Foley Warren Public Relations and Public Affairs.

Linda Faiss was born in 1943 and first moved to Nevada in 1945 growing up in Carson City. She is currently active with St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, Boulder City Hospital, Nevadans for the Common good and the MOB museum.

Perle Garrett was born in Overbrook, Kansas on April 27, 1905. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1935. She was a housewife.

Donn Blake moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955. He received a degree in geology at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Mary B. Cooke was born on November 13, 1936 in Watertown, Wisconson. She was a housewife, bookkeeper, and an owner/manager of an antique shop.