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Wells, Herbert C., 1927-2010
Herbert C. Wells was born April 11, 1927 in Omaha, Nebraska. After his father was killed in a plane crash in 1931, his mother moved herself and Wells to Los Angeles, California to be near her husband's parents. They moved several times, but the goal was always to find good schools for Wells and his sister.
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Rhea, Mabel, 1920-
Mabel Rhea was born in Farimont, West Virginia on April 6, 1920. She studied nursing, and enlisted as a U.S. Army nurse during World War II. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada after divorcing her first husband in 1949. She began working at the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. After meeting her second husband, the two moved to Blue Diamond Village, Nevada.
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Romans, Sophie Bogdanovich, 1934-
Sophie Bogdanovich Romans was born in Washington, Utah in 1934 to Rosa Zahner and George Bogdanovich. She moved to Blue Diamond, Nevada as an infant, where she lived for many years. She has three siblings--George D. Bogdanovich, Angie Bogdanovich DeLong, and Nina Bogdanovich Wolters. She married Herbert Romans in 1951 at the Little Church of the West (Las Vegas, Nevada). She has five childresn, Richard, Sandra, Christina, Robert, and Linc.
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Corisiero, Judy, 1946-
Judith "Judy" B. Corbisiero was born on December 18, 1946 in New York City, New York.
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Judy Corbisiero oral history interviews, 2003 September 05; 2004 April 21; 2004 July 02; and 2004 December 10. OH-02543. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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