Frances Kowaski Bowsher was born in Miamisburg, Ohio.

Wilson Bowsher was born in Lima, Ohio.

Elmo C. Bruner came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 and established himself as an architect and appraiser. Born in Texas, he grew up in Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University. He graduated in 1931 with a BA and BS in architecture and engineering. He married Lucile Spire that same year. The couple went on to have four children: Elmo, Allen, Jerry, and Janice. After graduation, he worked for the Oklahoma State Highway Department and for several oil companies. From 1945 to 1947, he worked as an architectural engineer on the Los Alamos Project.

Lucile Spire Bruner was born in Chautauqua County, Kansas. She founded the Las Vegas Art League in 1950 after she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada from Santa Fe, New Mexico.