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Susan and Irwin Molasky oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01311

Abstract

Oral history interview with Susan and Irwin Molasky conducted by Michael Geeser on May 15, 2006 for the I Remember When: Recollections from Las Vegas Jewish Leaders Oral History Project. They talk about the founding of the Nathan Adelson Hospice and about the Jewish community in Las Vegas, Nevada. Irwin talks about building the first high-rise condominium and the first high-rise office building in Las Vegas, about building Sunrise Hospital and Boulevard Mall, about the future of Las Vegas, light rail in the city, and the Las Vegas downtown and its future. They also discuss the water supply in southern Nevada and the possibility of a high-speed railroad from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Susan Molasky by Barbara Tabach, March 11, 2014

Date

2014-03-11

Description

In this interview, Susan Molasky discusses her childhood and teenaged years growing up in London, where she worked with in a fabric store. Molasky shares photos and momentos with the interviewer, and talks about originally coming to Las Vegas with her first husband, Leo Frey, in the late 1950s. She discusses raising her children in Las Vegas, and her bout with ovarian cancer, which prompted her involvement in Nathan Adelson Hospice. She continues to discuss her life with second husband, Irwin Molasky, and the causes they are involved in.

Susan Molasky was born in Israel (what was then-Palestine) in mid-1930s, the daughter of Bukharian Jewish immigrants. With the end of World War II, at the age of nine Susan, her sister and mother were able to get visas to live with her father in London. It was in England where Susan learned English and began working, at a fabric shop on Regent Street. In 1957, Susan married her first husband, and the couple moved to Las Vegas on January 1, 1958. She knew immediately that the city would be her home. Susan and her husband moved to Las Vegas to help her brother-in-law, Leo Frey, renovate and manage the Moulin Rouge; their primary business was long-term room rentals to casino employees, occasionally renting to tourists when the casino hotels were full. After two years, her husband changed careers paths and the couple moved to Europe. They had three sons before returning to Las Vegas in 1964. In 1973, Susan married Irwin Molasky, whom she had met through her work with the Sisterhood at Temple Beth Sholom; both sat on the temple's board. Susan enjoyed the excitement and glamour that defined Las Vegas during the 1970s, attending show openings, visiting movie sets, and socializing with stars. But more than this, Susan devoted herself to helping others, most notably through the opening of Nathan Adelson Hospice. Her own battle with cancer, as well as serving as a caretaker for others, ignited her commitment to establish quality hospice care in her beloved city, and she has continuously led the organization's fundraising efforts. There are now two Nathan Adelson Hospice facilities serving the greater Las Vegas area.

Text

Nevada Architronics

Wrote the program for the design and operation of The Nathan Adelson Hospice.

Corporate Body

Audio clip from interview with Susan Molasky, March 11, 2014

Date

2014-03-11

Description

Part of an interview with Susan Molasky on March 11, 2014. In this clip, Molasky talks about a fundraiser held for Nathan Adelson Hospice at MGM, in which community members participated in a show, replacing the regular performers.

Sound

Bylaws, 1978

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nathan Adelson Hospice Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00318
Collection Name: Nathan Adelson Hospice Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Financial information, 1980

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nathan Adelson Hospice Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00318
Collection Name: Nathan Adelson Hospice Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Financial report, 1985

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nathan Adelson Hospice Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00318
Collection Name: Nathan Adelson Hospice Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Trustee letters, 1986

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nathan Adelson Hospice Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00318
Collection Name: Nathan Adelson Hospice Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Luna, Nora, 1971-

Nora Luna was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her parents are from Durango, Mexico. Luna works as the Director of Diversity and Grant Funding at the Nathan Adelson Hospice.

Person