Irene Vanderhoof was born Irene (or Irena) Kudrna to John Kudrna and Winona (Nona) Cleavenger in Nebraska. She lived with her grandparents as a child, and later married and moved to Utah and then Las Vegas, Nevada. She died in California in 1994.

Manley Vogel Sorensen was born on March 13, 1916 in Elba, Nebraska. He later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada were he worked in the gaming industry and as a butcher. Sorensen died on December 10, 1997.

Thelma Turner was born in Midland, Texas on February 21, 1934. Turner came to Las Vegas at the age of 13 with her family. She worked in various jobs, including as a change girl at the Moulin Rouge.

Elizabeth Garrison was born January 13, 1943 in Las Vegas, Nevada. After graduating from Bishop Gorman High School, she worked at the Southern Nevada Telephone Company. Garrison got married to her husband in 1975.