Brownhofer Neonis, Delores, 1926-1992

Delores Brownhofer Neonis was born June 6, 1926 in Los Angeles, California to Isabel and Xavier Brownhofer. Neonis relocated and purchased her first home in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941. Neonis married John Neonis on February 2, 1951 in Kern, California. Xavier and Isabel Brownhofer moved to Las Vegas from Los Angeles in 1954 and purchased a restaurant called "The Original Steak House." Delores Brownhofer Neonis was listed as the vice president of the restaurant. She also worked for her parents as a cook in 1958 and 1959. The family sold the restaurant in 1960.

Neonis operated her own real estate company, Delores Neonis Realty, in Las Vegas until the late 1970s. Neonis also served as a chairperson for the Commuter Effective Mass Transportation Committee from 1972 to 1974, who sought to create a monorail system in Las Vegas.

Neonis died on December 22, 1992 in Los Angeles, California.

Sources:

Delores Brownhofer Neonis Papers, 1941-1975. MS-00182. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Genealogy Files about "Delores Frances Brownhofer." Accessed March 10, 2020 on familysearch.org