Spencer and Georgia Butterfield, a prominent Las Vegas couple, were very active in local business and civic activities. Spencer, born February 11, 1904, in Marseille, Illinois, came to Nevada in 1917. He was educated in Reno, attending the University of Nevada. Working first as a manager for the First National Bank in Carson City, he transferred to Las Vegas in 1941, joining the Bank of Nevada. He was quite successful in the banking field, eventually becoming the president of the Bank of Nevada as well as president of the Nevada Bankers Association.