Lovey M. McCurdy was born September 14, 1927 in Forest, Mississippi. McCurdy moved to the Westside of Las Vegas, Nevada when streets were not yet paved. Her siblings followed her to Las Vegas and worked in casinos. Her husband worked in construction at the Nevada Test Site.
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Essie Shelton Jacobs (Essie Jean Shelton) was born in Fordyce, Arkansas on July, 11, 1925. Jacobs arrived in Las Vegas 1963 and worked in housekeeping at Aladdin Hotel for twenty-three years. Active in the Culinary Union, she worked as a supervisor and shop steward.
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Faye Todd was born in 1940 in San Antonio Texas. Featured in Ebony Magazine in 1979, Faye Todd achieved executive status in the Las Vegas gaming industry, serving as Special Events Coordinator for Desert Inn Hotel and Casino and Entertainment Director/Corporate Executive Assistant for Landmark Hotel and Casino.
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Julie Menard was born in California on April 27, 1943 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1964 to work as a showgirl in the Folies Bergere revue at the Tropicana Hotel. She later moved to Europe to pursue a modeling career, but returned to Las Vegas, where she currently resides.
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Reverend of the American Catholic Church in Nevada, an independent church that does not frown upon homosexuality or female clergy.
Dicotignano regularly performed holy unions for gay couples from all over the country before gay marriage was legalized.
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Elaine Powell was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She moved to Las Vegas in approximately 1942. She married Robert Gallagher. Elaine was a school teacher.
Source: https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=elaine-gallagher&pid=189733338
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Andrew Scott Katz was born January 9, 1962, in New York City, New York. By 1964, Mike Katz, his father, was well-known in Las Vegas, Nevada for providing an answering service and subsequently for opening the Manpower franchise to serve the growing town. In time, this family business grew and the eldest sons, Bob and Mel opened franchises in Salt Lake City, Utah and San Diego, California, respectively.
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