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Craft, Nancy, 1937-
Nancy Craft (née Pracejus) was born on August 30, 1937 in North Weymouth, Massachusetts. Her father's health caused her family to move to Las Vegas, Nevada on July 26, 1946. She attended John S. Park Elementary School and Las Vegas High School. In 1953, Nancy successfully auditioned for the Rhythmettes and performed with the dance troupe until she graduated in 1955. After high school, she married her first husband and worked in a number of different offices.
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Brundy, Dixie F.
Dixie Brundy was born in St. George, Utah. She was raised on the family ranch in Lincoln County, Nevada.
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Daly, Ralph W., 1903-1988
Ralph Daly (born in Texas on January 17, 1903) lived in Nevada for 26 years. Ralph worked in Oil Fields and a worker for the constuction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam
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Buxton, Eddie Ernest, 1938-
Eddie Ernest Buxton was born June 28, 1938 in Las Vegas, Nevada. His relatives were the May Brothers, including Ernest May, who was the first law enforcement officer to be killed on the job in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was an officer for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).
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Bunker, Ferren W. (Ferren Wittwer), 1918-2014
Ferren W. Bunker was born June 16, 1918 in Bunkerville, Nevada. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno and graduated in 1940. Afterwards, he moved around the state before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. His career ranged from being an agricultural teacher to a Clark County Cooperative Extension Agent. Bunker passed away September 29, 2014.
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Bianchi, Chris
Chris Bianchi comes from Peru, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in hotel administration with a concentration in casino management and received his master's in hospitality administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2015. Chris did an internship at the Barbary Coast Hotel & Casino in 2002 as a dealer and was transferred to the South Point Casino and Spa as a pit manager in 2005.
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Walters, Ed
Ed Walters was born and raised in New York, New York. Walters was a pool and card hustler in New York when he was in his twenties. In 1959, he was asked by a major crime boss to go to Las Vegas, Nevada to find out if a card dealer was cheating. Ed did figure out that the dealer was cheating, so the crime boss got him a job learning the Western card games at the Fremont during the day and being a pit boss at the Sands at night. He worked at the Sands until 1967 and then at various other casinos until approximately 1981.
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Burke, Carey
J. Carey Burke was born December 13, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio. His family moved to Henderson, Nevada in 1945, then to Las Vegas, Nevada four years later. Burke held jobs as a janitor, a fry cook at Nellis Air Force Base, and a lifeguard at the Twin Lakes Lodge as a teenager. He worked for McCarren Airport as a passenger service agent for many airlines, including Hughes Airwest and Bonanza Airlines.
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Burns, George, 1902-
George Burns was born May 10, 1902 in New York. He lived in Florida and California before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1945. He held various jobs including cook, dishwasher, clerk, pipe fitter and salesman. Burns was involved with the beginning of Camp Bonanza in Reno, Nevada.
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