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Ostanik, Susan Hind, 1947-
Susan Hind Ostanik is the daughter of Harold Hind. She witnessed the El Rancho Vegas hotel fire in Las Vegas, Nevada, as her father had brought her to the hotel to witness the event. The resort was destroyed completely early on the morning of June 17, 1960.
Source:
“El Rancho Vegas Hotel Fire,” Clark County Fire Department. 2015. http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/fire/Pages/ElRanchoFire.aspx.
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Morelli, Helen, 1905-1996
Helen (Collins) Morelli was born in 1905 the oldest of nine children born to Elizabeth McCann and James P. Collins. Her father was an New York Police Department officer and suffered a heart attack, which widowed her mother. Helen helped her mother raise her siblings as both her mother and her uncle (who moved in after her father's death) worked outside of the home to support the family.
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Molasky, Irwin
Irwin Molasky (1927-2020) is a Las Vegas, Nevada real estate developer and chairman of the Molasky Group of Companies. He was involved in many major Las Vegas development projects including Paradise Palms, Sunrise Hospital, Nathan Adelson Hospice, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), the Boulevard Mall, Bank of America Plaza, Regency Towers, and Park Towers.
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Adelson, Nathan, -1978
Nathan Adelson was the administrator of Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Omaha, Nebraska and raised in Los Angeles, California, Adelson was in the supermarket business before he moved to Las Vegas in 1961. His son Merv Adelson, along with Irwin Molasky, built Sunrise Hospital and recruited Nathan Adelson to be its administrator. He was well-loved for his dedication to patient care and was known affectionately as "Mr. A" to the hospital staff.
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Monson, Clara G., 1887-1978
Clara G. Monson was born in 1887 in Wisconsin. In 1922, along with her husband Fred, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. The couple had no children, but Clara and her niece were close all of her life. She passed away in 1978.
Source:
Fred A. and Clara G. Monson Papers, 1860s-1976. MS-00207. Special Collections and Archives,
University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Mobley, C. C. (Clio Cline), 1881-1985
C. C. (Clio Cline) Mobley was born in Greensberg, Indiana on February 9, 1888 to Lyman Mobley and
Nancy Doggett. Mobley married Bertha Pearl Dickey in 1903, and the new family moved soon after to
Riverside, California. Mobley's first daughter, Mary Miriam, was born in California in 1908. In 1911
Mobley moved his wife and family to the land in Las Vegas, Nevada that contained the Old Las Vegas
Mormon Fort and first swimming pool in Las Vegas. The family operated a dairy farm on the property,
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Thomas, Charles W., 1860-1937
Charles William Thomas was born July 29, 1860 in what would soon become Nevada. He and his family are known as early settlers in Nevada, and lived in various locations around Nevada including Beatty, Pioneer (near Goodsprings), and Searchlight, where he operated a merchantile store. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911. He died on August 16, 1937.
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