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Wiener, Valerie
Valerie Wiener is a former Democratic Nevada State Senator who represented Clark County District 3 from 1996 to 2012. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1948, she is the daughter of prominent local attorney Louis Wiener, Jr. After Valerie Wiener graduated from Las Vegas High School, she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from the University of Missouri and a master's in contemporary literature from the University of Illinois before attending the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific.
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Wilhelm, Bruce Lee, 1933-
Bruce Lee Wilhelm was born on September 13, 1933, in Akron, Ohio. Bruce married his first wife Elizabeth on August 11, 1957, and they were married until her death on April 20, 1990. Bruce married his second wife, Mary, on March 15, 1992. Bruce had three children: John, Chad, and Lee.
Wilhelm was enlisted in the United States Marine Corps from 1953 to 1954.
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Williams, Ernest Benjamin
Ernest B. Williams was born on December 20, 1930, in Naponee, Nebraska. Ernest married Inas E. on December 27, 1959, and they had four children: Teresa, Ernestine, Suzanne, and Warren.
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Williams, Inas Eleanor
Inas Eleanor Williams (née Koon) was born on January 25, 1936. Inas married Earnest Williams on December 27, 1959, and they had four children: Teresa, Ernestine, Suzanne, and Warren.
Williams worked as an AT&T telephone operator; in Veterans administration; at WoolCo; at Woolworth; and in the Count Room at the Stardust Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Inas Eleanor Williams passed away on June 6, 2015. Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208592285/inas-williams
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Wilner, Leo, 1917-1998
Leo Wilner (1917- 1998) was born in Brooklyn, New York. Leo graduated from Jefferson High School in New York and for two years attended school to be a rabbi. He quit to work and help his family. In the early 1960s, friends talked Wilner into moving to Las Vegas where he became executive director Temple Beth Sholom.
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Wilner, Robert
Robert Wilner, born Robert Morris was born April 19, 1970 in Encino, California. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when he was six months old. From a young age, he wanted to change his last name to match his adoptive parents’, Martin and Linda, last name. That wish became a reality when he was eighteen when his parents were able to find an attorney. Wilner worked as a realtor alongside his mother.
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Wingfield, George, 1876-1959
Nevada businessman George Wingfield was born in Arkansas in 1876 and grew up on a ranch in Oregon. He settled in Nevada as a young man and eventually owned several banks, hotels, and mines in the state. Upon his death in 1959 he left his widow and three children an estate of over three million dollars.
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