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Daseler, Helen J.

Helen Daseler was born in Denver, Colorado. She moved to Southern California and attended University High School in Los Angeles. She went to college at George Washington University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. She married Jack E. Daseler who was serving in the US Navy. The couple moved to Europe later and he worked as a teaching principal. The couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1961 and founded the Las Vegas Day School. Helen taught kidnergarten at the school for 39 years.

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Chadwick, Verna, 1931-

Verna Chadwick was born in Utah. Verna and her husband Glen settled in Las Vegas in 1954.

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Davis, Henry Clay, 1900-1988

Henry Clay Davis was born April 19, 1909 in Irondale, Virginia. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1945. He worked various jobs in refrigeration, plumbing, and truck driving.

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Ciliax, Betty, 1919-

Betty Ciliax was born in Bisbee, Arizona. She moved to the Las Vegas area in 1932 when her father found work in Goodsprings, Nevada. Ciliax graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1938.

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Ciliax, Gus, 1909-

Gus Ciliax was born in Michigan in 1909.

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Hall-Patton, Mark P.

Mark Hall-Patton was born in Sand Diego, California in 1954. His mother was a registered nurse and his father served in the United States Navy. After graduating high school in Santa Ana, California, he earned his bachelor’s degree in history at nearby University of California, Irvine. Degree in hand, Mark worked for Bowers Museum in Santa Ana and founded the Anaheim Museum in 1984. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1993 to create the Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum in McCarran International Airport. By 2008, Mark had become administrator over all Clark

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Poster, Jay

Jay Poster was born October 16, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in San Diego, California.

Music brought Jay Poster to Las Vegas for a brief time in 1974. Jay wanted to pursue a musical career and his cousin was a professional musician with the Nat Brandwynne Orchestra at Caesars Palace. Poster left Las Vegas to return home to San Diego and his studies at San Diego State University. It would be over a decade later before Jay returned to Las Vegas to live and this time it became permanent.

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Clary, Ernest H. (Ernest Henry), 1906-1981

Ernest Clary was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. Clary worked as a professional engineer geologist and regeistered surveyor.

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Sheehan, Mary Jo, 1928-

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Gilbert, Robert F., 1919-2001

Robert Gilbert was born in Las Vegas in 1919. He worked in vairous positions on the railroad including: crew caller, crew dispatcher, ticket clerk, and baggage agent.

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