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Blair, Hobert D., 1900-1993
Hobert D. Blair was born February 07, 1900 in Boreing, Kentucky to Elmer and Ida Blair. Blair moved to Idaho in 1910 before moving to Nevada in 1931 to work as an auto mechanic. He passed away January 18, 1993.
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Mulroy, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1908-1984
Thomas Andrew Mulroy was born on September 8, 1908 in Illinois. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950 where be worked for Southern Nevada Power and Telephone and Bonanza Airlines. He passed away on October 2, 1984.
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Oats, Jocelyn Thompson, 1952-
Jocelyn Thompson Oats was born in New Orleans, Louisiana August 29, 1952. Oats' father founded Victory Baptist Church on the Westside. She was involved with the PTA and advocated for African American students in the first steps of school integration.
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Engel, Jerry, 1930-
Jerry Engel was born in 1930 in New Jersey and spent most of his early life in Long Beach, New York until the family moved westward to Los Angeles in 1945. Jerry is a retired Certified Public Accountant and loves to talk about the history of Las Vegas that he observed since arriving in 1953. That was the year that he moved to Las Vegas to join his older brothers, Morris and Phil, in their accounting firm. Their major client at the time was Desert Inn.
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