Count Guido Roberto Deiro was born February 18, 1938 in Reno, Nevada. He was the son of vaudeville performer and recording star Count Guido Pietro Deiro, who was the first major piano-accordionist to become popular in the United States, and his teenage wife Yvonne Teresa LeBaron De Forrest. Deiro grew up in and around Las Vegas, Nevada and Southern California after his parents’ divorce in 1941.

Patricia Merl was born on August 1st, 1948. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1971. She was a dancer with the Radio City Music Hall and as of 2008 is the director of gaming outreach for the International Gaming Institute.

Dr. John Richard Shepherd was born November 25, 1936 to Harley and Mary Shepherd and was raised in southern Illinois. He married his wife, Nancy Shepherd, on June 22, 1963 in Pana, Illinois. His army experiences in Chicago, Illinois and Alabama convinced him and his wife to look for a warm dry climate in which to live, and they relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968.

Judy Smith was born April 4, 1943 and was raised in Barstow, California. She was 15 when her family relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958. It was a wide, open setting, an ideal location for riding her horse. Smith attended Las Vegas High School, worked for the Las Vegas Sun and earned a scholarship to the University of Nevada Reno. By 1967, she was married and moving back to Las Vegas with her young family. They chose the John S. Park Neighborhood as the place to call home.

Janice Spurlock was born on November 21, 1931. She worked in the Clark County School District, but retired in June 2010. She married Robert Spurlock on June 23, 1990.

Wendy Starkweather was born July 1, 1949 and was raised in rural Ogdensburg, New York. She attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York and became a teacher and librarian in New Hampshire. She married her husband, Peter, on August 26, 1972 in Schenectady, New York and the couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978.

Janzon Stewart was born on October 24, 1935. Stewart's grandfather William T. Stewart brought his family to Alamo, Nevada in 1901. His grandfather was an important official with the Union Pacific Railroad and eventually ended up running an old ranch that the railroad owned. This ranch was run by Stewart's grandfather and father, and was a memorable place from his childhood. Stewart did not run the ranch with his father, but instead became a lawyer.