Joseph Tooley Phillips was born in Los Angeles, California on September 24, 1912 to Las Vegas, Nevada-residents, George and Marguerite Tooley, due to the lack of hospitals in Las Vegas. His father died in 1918, and the family moved to Oregon. His mother later remarried. Joesph Tooley Phillips returned to southern Nevada and worked at the Chiquita Mining Company in Goodsprings. After serving in World War II, he returned to Las Vegas and worked as an engraver at the Las Vegas Review-Journal and, later, the Las Vegas Sun. He passed away in 1984.
Loreta Comish Larsen was born on April 10, 1904 in Idaho. She married H. C. Harris Monson on January 9, 1924, and they later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. She passed away on October 28, 1992.
Sue Higgason Morrow was born on November 13, 1932 in Tennessee. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956 and worked as an educator. She passed away on June 25, 1995.
Monsignor Peter V. Moran was born in Mohill, Ireland on February 15, 1909. He was ordained in 1937 and moved to Nevada the same year. He served as a pastor at churches in Ely, Carson City, Winnemucca, Gardnerville, and Elko. He moved to Henderson and was pastor at St. Peter's. He passed away on vacation in Ireland in 1975.