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Hazard, Ruth Evaline, 1907-1997

Long-time Las Vegas resident Ruth Evaline Hazard (née Worden) was born in Marshall, Michigan on June 25, 1907 to Joseph V. Worden and Mary D. Hare. She lived in Michigan until she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. Over the course of her lifetime, she worked as a secretary, a bookkeeper/accountant, and worked at Baker and Hazard Realty (a property management company founded by C. D. Baker and H. E. Hazard).

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Broadbent, Robert Nevin, 1926-

Robert N. Broadbent was born in 1925 in Ely, Nevada. He was a pharmacist and eventually became a politican. Broadbent was married in 1953 in Boulder City, Nevada. He rose to in the Republican party, starting as a city council member in Boulder City and eventually becoming a mayor and county commissioner. Broadbent passed away on August 09, 2003.

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Snavely, Ann M.

Ann M. Snavely grew up in a very small town in Pennsylvania. She met her husband, S. Charles, at a small private hospital in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, where Ann was working as a nurse. She arrived in Nevada in 1965, courtesy of the United States Air Force, with her husband and two children. Ann and her husband raised their children in their Scotch 80s house.

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Cecil, Helen Mott, 1916-

Helen Cecil was born on November 4, 1916 in Silver City, Utah, but relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada with her parents for health reasons. Helen attended Las Vegas High School and then went on to work at Las Vegas High School for many years. She worked as a bookkeeper, movie theater usher, telephone operator, and secretary before she was married.

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Williams, Cleophis, 1926-2022

Cleophis Williams was born on April 30, 1926 in Oklahoma to Raymond and Lena Hill. She moved ot Las Vegas, Nevada in 1943. She married Tom Williams, a construction worker, in 1943. They had nine children together and had a home in the historic Las Vegas, Nevada neighborhood, the Westside. Cleophis passed away on May 2, 2022.

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Andress, Clyde, 1925-2021

Clyde Gail Andress arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the early 1930s and, except for relocations due to military service in World War Two, remained an active citizen of Las Vegas until retiring to Nelson, Nevada, in 1987. Hiss careers spanned a number of occupations, from car dealerships to construction work.

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Wyman, Richard V.

Dr. Richard V. Wyman was born in Painesville, Ohio, and lived there until he joined the navy in 1943 at the age of 17. He attended graduate school at Michigan State University. In 1969, he joined the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) staff. Wyman retired in 1992 and is Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNLV.

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Spiess, Erick R., 1919-2016

Erick Robert Spiess was born May 29, 1919 to Lola and Erick Spiess in Kentucky. He later served in the military during World War II. He married Margaret Brown on August 10, 1944 in Lake Charles, Louisiana and the couple later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. He died in Baltimore, Maryland on November 23, 2016.

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Curtis, Hal G., 1926-

Hal G. Curtis was born July 09, 1926 in Galt City, California. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when he was four years old. He graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1942 and went into the United States military until 1950. Curtis worked on the Union Pacific Railroad in iron work for more than 25 years.

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