Greta Mills was born October 28, 1928 in Charleston, West Virginia. She met Hughie Mills in New York and got married in 1954. She became a librarian at Columbia University and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1989 with her husband.

Dennis Ortwein was raised in a small town in Montana called Harlowton, the second oldest of seven children. He arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956. Once in Las Vegas, Ortwein taught for a while, served as principal, and was involved in creating programs that helped integrate schools. He was also involved with his church choir, the entertainment industry in early Las Vegas, above-ground testing at the Nevada Test Site, and anti-nuclear protests.

Shirley Mudra was born on December 22, 1934. She met her husband Paul when they were both in the airforce. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada because Paul Mudra started work at the Nevada Test Site. As of 2011, she was a management analyst and was part of the Daughters of the American Revolution.