Chris Guinchigliani was born November 27, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1978, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and began teaching at the Clark County School District. She involved herself first in the teachers’ union; eventually serving as president of the Nevada State Education Association from 1987 to 1991. Guinchigliani and her Husband Gary Gray are longtime residents of the John S. Park Neighborhood and she was among those who originated the idea of getting a historical designation for the community.

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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Thalia Dondero was born January 23, 1921 in Greeley, Colorado. She lived in Colorado and Wyoming before her family settled in Bakersfield, California. Dondero moved to Las Vegas in 1943 when her employer took a job with Basic Magnesium, Inc., and asked that she follow him. She married Harvey Dondero, who taught English and journalism for local high schools, in 1946.