From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). From left to right is David London, Marva, Nell Shadle, and Fedora Bontempi at the Flamingo Hotel in 1971.

From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). From left to right is David London, Marie Ripps (Clark County Mother of the Year), and Fedora Bontempi at the Flamingo Hotel, 1971.

From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). From left to right is David London, an unidentified woman, and Fedora Bontempi at the Flamingo Hotel, 1971.

From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). From left to right is David London, an unidentified lady, and Fedora Bontempi Flamingo Hotel in 1971.

From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). Fedora Bontempi with Pat Van Betten who was the Community Service Mother of the year in 1973.

From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). On the left is Fedora Bontempi with Nora Pearson, Las Vegas Grandmother of the year in 1970.

From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). William Boswell, Southern Nevada Chapter President of the Muscular Dystrophy Association presents bouquet of roses to Mr. Philip (Sue) Stockton, 1975 Clark County Mother of the Year. Standing in row between wheel chairs are Philip Stockton (second from left), Fedora B. Simpkin, and Harriet Trudell, Special Assistant to the Governor, who presented a plaque.