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Milton, Billie, 1908-

Althea Wilhelmina Losky was born to Sarah Milton and Charles Losky in West Monroe, New York on March 22, 1908. She married Howard Ungleich on July 23, 1927 and they had one son, Frederick, born on June 20, 1929. She went by the name Billie and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in approximately 1948 where she worked as a governess for Marion B. Hicks. She later worked as an executive housekeeper at the Thunderbird. She married Fred Grace in by the late 1950s and the couple lived in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Monaco, Mario C.

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Agonia, Barbara, 1934-

Barbara Agonia was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1934. She graduated from Hanover College in southern Indiana in 1957 with a double major in English and speech/theater. Barbara taught English, speech, and theater in Illinois. In 1969, Barbara moved to Las Vegas where her sister lived and enrolled in a master's degree program in English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As she was completing her degree in 1971, she was hired by the Clark County Community College, which is now the College of Southern Nevada.

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Monroe, Jack L., Jr., 1937-

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Perroitti, Catherine, 1893-1987

Catherine Perroitti was born on October 24, 1893 in New Jersey. She later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and worked as a registered nurse. Perroitti passed away on September 29, 1987.

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Perry, Don, 1928-1995

Russell Don Perry was born in West Virginia on May 21, 1928. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Perry passed away in Las Vegas on December 13, 1995.

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Jaeger, Bernice, 1934-

Bernice Smith was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 27, 1934. She married Ivan Jaeger in 1955. He and his family were involved in the underground gaming industry in the Midwest. When it shut down in 1961, they moved to Las Vegas where Ivan worked first as a dealer and later in various executive gaming positions. Bernice was one of the fist students to attend Clark County Community College (later Community College of Southern Nevada) when it was founded in 1971. She earned a liberal arts degree in 1973 and a degree in hotel administration in 1974.

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Rostine, Della Mae, 1905-2003

Della Mae Rostine moved with her husband Rocco to Las Vegas from Missouri in 1942. After living for a year in Las Vegas, they moved to Henderson so her husband could work in construction at the Basic Magnesium plant. She later worked there briefly as a machinist. The plant later became Rheem Manufacturing. "The timing of the Rostine Family's arrival and the fact that they stayed and made a permanent home in Henderson led to their designation as one of Henderson's 'founding families'".

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Krolak, Betty

In 1962, Elizabeth "Betty" Krolak moved from the Midwest to Las Vegas with her husband and six children. She attended a real estate class her husband had enrolled in but was unable to complete. Betty passed the test and became a licensed Nevada real estate broker in October, 1963. She initially went to work for Pyramid Realty, and in 1964, she opened her own office, Clark County Realty. She was appointed by Governor Michael O'Callahan to the State of Nevada's Real Estate Commission, making her the first woman to serve on the Commission.

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Perry, Eugene A., 1928-1995

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