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Buchanan, Richard E., 1951-
Richard E. Buchanan was born February 11, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. Buchanan’s family relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1951. He also spent some years living in Laguna Beach, California, and Reno and Pioche, Nevada, yet always returned to Las Vegas. Buchanan worked in a variety of career fields, starting as a construction worker and ending as a mental health technician.
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Hanson, Bess
Bess Hanson was born in Laramie, Wyoming on July 28, 1918. Her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada for Hanson's father's career with the Union Pacific Railroad. The family moved to Nevada in February of 1919, when Hanson was only six months old. Hanson was educated in Las Vegas and graduated from high school in Las Vegas in 1931. Hanson married Jack Hanson in 1941
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Brown, Jessica E., 1976-
Jessica E. Brown was born on July 08, 1976 in North Canton, Ohio. She moved to Las Vegas in 1987 just before her 10th birthday.
She married Gregory Brown in Ragusa, Sicily in 2006. As of 2009 Jessica Brown is the Web Portal Content Coordinator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Snavely, S. Charles
S. Charles Snavely was born September 18, 1936 to Dorothy Beard and Stewart Snavely. He arrived in Nevada in 1965, courtesy of the United States Air Force, with his wife, Ann, and two children. The family lived at Nellis Air Force Base while Snavely completed his Barry Plan commitment to the military. Snavely and his wife raised their children in their Scotch 80s house.
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Connell, Daniel
Daniel Connell was born in November 1937 in Ocean Gate, New Jersey. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1954. He went to the military for two years, upon returning, he married his wife Linda and in 1973 settled in the Westleigh neighborhood of Ward 1. He eventually was hired by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to follow his father's footsteps in law enforcement.
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Fleming, Edmund L., 1915-
Edmund L. Fleming was born October 18, 1915 in Virginia, Minnesota. His parents were born in Ireland. Fleming came to Nevada in the 1930s and worked on a ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. He also worked as a miner, teacher, ranger, and farmer. He lived in Goodsprings, Nevada and Nelson, Nevada. Fleming eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada and continued to work in education. He was married in 1941.
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Decaro, Marian Beltran, 1914-2006
Marian Beltran Decaro was born September 7, 1914 in Flagstaff, Arizona. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband and their child in September of 1939. When they arrived, Decaro opened a small Mexican restaurant, Mexican Kitchen and moved locations to the Sal Sagev Hotel in 1942, where it lasted until 1959. She passed away October 25, 2006.
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Blut, Jerome L., 1939-
Jerome "Jerry" Blut (1939- ) is a retired attorney and an active member of the Jewish community in Las Vegas, Nevada. Blut served as president of Temple Beth Sholom from 1995 to 1996.
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Dillingham, John N., 1904-1983
John Dillingham was born February 20, 1904 in Grace, Idaho. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1937 with his wife, Mabel. His career revolved around working as an engineer and a brakeman at the railroad. He also had various labor jobs on the Hoover Dam. Dillingham passed away November 21, 1983.
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Ligouri, Steven, 1962-
Steven Ligouri was born February 22, 1962 and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He’s an artist whose creations can be enjoyed at such places as the Hoover Dam, where his famous High Scaler sculptor sits comfortably. Ligouri began mastering his trade making jewelry with assistance of his father, Bruno Ligouri, who owned a turquoise shop in Boulder City, Nevada.
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