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Danzinger, Edwina E., 1925-2010

Edwina Danzinger was born February 05, 1925 in Houston, Texas. She moved to California in 1944. She met her husband, Charles, while working as a secretary to the superintendent of the wielding shop that Charles was working at. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950 and raised their three children there. She worked at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the registrar’s office as a clerk for many years. Danzinger died August 7, 2010.

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Chretien, Jeanne Pursel, 1923-

Jeanne P. Chretien was born August 07, 1923 in Marshalltown, Iowa. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1939. She held careers as a telephone operator, an English teacher, and an English department head in Las Vegas.

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Early, Helen R., 1919-2008

Helen Early was born September 03, 1919 in Des Moines, Iowa. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1948 after marrying her husband and moving with his business in the city. Her career spanned in secretary work, managing shops and theatres, and being an elementary school teacher’s aide. Early passed away October 15, 2008.

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Chenin-Frankl, Lori

Lori Chenin-Frankl was born December 7, 1960. Chenin-Frankl is the child of a Holocaust survivor, Fernande Magalnik Chenin, and Simon Chenin, a barber. In 1963, the Chenin family moved from Cleveland, Ohio, to Las Vegas for her father’s health. The city was already home to her uncle Dr. Joe Chenin, the first licensed Jewish dentist in Southern Nevada and a good place for the family to settle in. Her father worked his barber business and her mother was a clerk for the school bus yard.

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Finder, Esther Toporek, 1953-

Esther Toporek Finder was the president and founder of Generations of the Shoah – Nevada (GS-N), an organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada for the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. GS-N's mission is to support local Holocaust survivors and educate community members about the Holocaust and its legacy.

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Greenberg, Melanie

Melanie Greenberg was born June 24, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri. She came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976 with her daughter Sari and husband Gene Greenberg. She is an active member of Temple Beth Sholom, the Jewish Federation’s Young Leadership and Women’s programs, organizer of Hebrew High, coordinator of L’Dor V’Dor activities for seniors, and served as Executive Director of Hillel from 1996 – 2003.

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Eaton, Bruce M., 1904-1985

Bruce Eaton was born December 20, 1904 in Toronto, Kansas. His family moved to various places in the Midwest of the United States before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in June of 1932. He held jobs in truck driving, construction for the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, a superintendent for Clark County School District, and a congressional member of Boulder City, Nevada. Eaton passed away September of 1985.

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Eaton, Mary, 1908-2009

Mary Eaton was born April 14, 1908 in Kansas. She was born Protestant and became involved with the Grace Community Church. Mary married her husband, Bruce, in June of 1931. They moved to Boulder City, Nevada in 1932 and raised their two children there. Eatn was a teacher and civic leader in Boulder City. She passed away January 31, 2009.

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Evans, Louis F., 1914-

Louis Evans was born August 08, 1914 in Jones County, Iowa. He moved to Nevada in 1945 in search for employment. Construction on the Hoover Dam had begun at this point, and Evans worked as a well driver. He also held a job as a dairyman, delivering milk twice a day. Evans and his wife moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 to raise their family in Vegas Heights.

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Garrett, Theodore Robert, 1898-1980

Theodore Garrett was born November 25, 1898 in Overbrook, Kansas. He went into the United States Army in 1917, but was discharged in 1919 and had to go back to farming at home until the Great Depression. He was working at a railroad company when he got wind of Hoover (Boulder) Dam being constructed in Nevada, so he moved there to find a stable job on January 15, 1931. While he was employed at the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Garrett was a truck driver.

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