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Harlig, Shea
Rabbi Shea Harlig (1965- ) founded Chabad of Southern Nevada in 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chabad of Southern Nevada is a branch of Chabad-Lubavitch, a worldwide Orthodox Jewish outreach organization. Rabbi Harlig previously lived in Brooklyn, New York, where he was born, raised, educated, and ordained.
Harlig, Shea. Interview, 2014 March 5. OH-00792. Transcript. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Sarno, Freddie
Freddie Sarno was born to parents Jay Sarno and Joyce Sarno Keys. He had three siblings named Jay Sarno Jr, September Sarno, and Heidi Strauss Sarno.
“Jay Sarno,” January 2, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Sarno.
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Funkhouser, Cindy, 1958-
Cindy Funkhouser was born July 29, 1958 and grew up in Iowa and Nebraska. Funkhouser moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982. When not working as a cocktail waitress at the Four Queens Hotel and Casino—where she was employed for 14 years—she pursued her interest in vintage items as a part-time business. She opened an antique store business, Funk House, in 2001. She is one of the forces behind the development of First Friday and Downtown’s arts movement that is deeply rooted in the John S. Park Neighborhood’s sense of community.
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Boag, Tina, 1940-
Tina Boag was born in New Your City, New York to Gabrielle Sirocky and Maghoub Hanafi. Her mother was born in Paris, France and worked as a dancer there. Her father was born in Port Said, Egypt and worked as a magician there. Tina moved to Las Vegas with her family as a teenager because of her father's magician career. She then left Las Vegas to continue her education. She returned to Las Vegas after a divorce and started working at Sands Hotel and Casino.
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Rothermel, Bradley
Dr. Bradley Rothermel was born in Monroe Center, Illinois into a family of educators. He attended Northern Illinois University in De Kalb for his bachelor’s degree and the University of Illinois for his Master’s and PhD. Rothermel’s work history includes coaching in the Chicago Cubs organization and at Kansas State and West Virginia University as athletic director and business manager, before arriving at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 1981.
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Simmons, George, 1937-
George Simmons was born on July 26, 1937 in Roxton, Texas. He studied at Texas Southern University and at the University of Texas. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963 with his wife Eva. George Simmons designed homes for Sproul Homes in the 1960s, then was hired by the engineering firm Holmes and Narver. He worked for Holmes and Narver on a Department of Defense contract at the Nevada Test Site and in downtown Las Vegas. He is active in community groups and Black Golfers Association. Simmons retired in December of 2013.
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Denning, Teresa Jones, 1912-2006
Teresa Jones Denning was born March 29, 1912 in Overton, Nevada. She grew up living on a farm and experienced the 1919 flu epidemic. She graduated from Moapa Valley High School in 1929. Denning met her husband, Robert, at a dance in the newly-opened Mormon Church in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1934. They married the year after. Denning’s career revolved around being a bookkeeper and an insurance agent. She passed away September 14, 2006.
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Shepherd, Henry S.
Henry Shepherd was born and raised on a plantation in Tallulah, Louisiana, where the primary crops were peanuts and corn. When he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1967, he worked as a bartender at the Sands Hotel. Shepherd was able to send his daughter to college because he was working for the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. Leaving the Sands Hotel, he went to the Landmark Hotel and Casino, and then went to Circus Circus Hotel. The Luxor Hotel and Casino was his final stop in a bartending career that spanned over three decades.
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Huffey, Paul, 1938-
Paul Huffey was born 1938 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1947, Huffey’s father purchased a lot of land in Paseo Park and built a home for his wife and only child. In 1956, Huffey graduated from Las Vegas High School, enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and enrolled in the University of Nevada, Reno. He taught history at Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada for nine years.
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Sagel, Lois
Lois Sagel is an environmentalist best known for her advocacy for the designation of more than one million acres of wilderness in Nevada. In Las Vegas Sagel became a founding member of Friends of Nevada Wilderness (FNW). FNW helped pass the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989, which designated wilderness lands in Nevada as part of the U.S. Forest Service's National Wilderness Preservation System. FNW also helped designate the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area in 1993.
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