Saltzman, Sara, 1899-1997

Bio information taken from Las Vegas Sun obituary: "Sara Saltzman, a longtime Las Vegan who co-founded the company that later became the Marshall-Rousso clothing store chain, died Monday. She was 97. Saltzman was born Sept. 28, 1899, in Russia. When she was 13, she moved with her family to Cleveland, where she attended school and was among the first women in that city to own and drive a car. She worked as executive secretary to her brother, Maurice Gusman, a prominent Cleveland banker and philanthropist. After her marriage to Abe Saltzman, they co-founded and operated a wholesale drug business for many years before moving to Las Vegas in 1945. In 1955, Sara and Abe co-founded Sara's of Las Vegas. They retired in 1960 and watched as the company grew into the 24-store Marshall-Rousso clothing giant. Saltzman was the first president of the Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood. She was instrumental in the operation of the gift shop at the temple and knew all the members and their children by their first names. A lifelong supporter of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, she was active in the women's division. She is survived by three daughters, Mal Rowe, Este Rousso and Jayn Marshall, and their husbands, all of Las Vegas; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren."