Geran, Hazel, 1926-

Hazel Geran was born June 11, 1926 in Mississippi and lived in Chicago, Illinois for two years. In 1948, at the age of 21, Geran moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to live with relatives. As so many others, she came to Las Vegas in search of a better job. Hers would be as a keno writer at the Westside Cotton Club.

The future included marrying Johnus Geran, a barbershop owner, with whom she had five children. For years, her main focus was to be a homemaker and mother. By the mid-1960s, she began to forge a career in public services positions; including Head Start and Family Planning Department. In 1972, she began working at the EOB, Equal Opportunity Board, focusing on services for the senior population.