Marge Conley spent her childhood in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up during the Great Depression and began working at a young age to help her family. She became a union member and used her union traveling card to transfer from Chicago to Las Vegas, Nevada. She worked as a server at the Desert Inn and Caesars Palace and was a member of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226.

Verilee Louise Austin was born to Vera and Lawrence Austin in Gavelston, Texas. She later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. She was married to James Shelbourne but the couple divorced in 1974. Verilee Shelbourne died in Las Veagas on August 18, 2011.

Betty Joan Cummings was born to Eunice Audrey Purifoy and Harold Phillip Cummings in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on December 27, 1932. The family later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and Betty attended the Las Vegas Grammar School and graduated from Las Vegas High School. She married Joseph Pavlikowski and was active in the local community. She passed away on September 3, 2008.

Elsie Gwyndolene Clough was born to Priscilla Pratt and William James Clough at the Las Vegas Gunnery School (now Nellis Air Force Base) where her father was stationed. She spent her youth in Crystal, Nevada where her parents operated a service station. Following her graduation from Moapa Valley High School she married Quent Perkins. The couple lived in Las Vegas, Nevada and operated Perkins Feed and Western Goods. They later retired and moved to Arizona. Following Quent’s death in 2000, Gwyn devoted herself to church and community service.