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Gang, Roberta, 1940-
Bobbie Gang was born on April 6, 1940 in New York, New York.
Gang married a young future attorney, Leonard Gang, in 1961. Two years later the couple was living in Nevada. She only agreed to move upon finding a welcoming synagogue, in this case Temple Beth Sholom. The couple and their three children spent time in both Carson City and Las Vegas.
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Parson, Claude H., 1928-1998
Reverend Claude Parson Jr. was born September 07, 1928 in Alabama and moved to New York when he was two years old. After graduating from the State University of New York at Oswego, Parson enlisted in the United States Air Force and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1951. He met his wife, Stella Parson, and married her in 1953. He worked in the Clark County School District for nearly twenty years and has an elementary school named after him. After retiring in 1974, Parson became a pastor in the Vegas View Church of God in Christ.
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