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Lopez, Horacio, 1938-
Horacio Lopez was born on January 12, 1938, in Cordova, New Mexico to Elias and Cordelia Lopez. Lopez describes his hometown as self-sufficient and self-reliant and that his family grew their own food and raised livestock. His father only received a second-grade education and worked as a miner.
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Jensen, Alton Dean
Quoted from obituary notice from the Las Vegas Review Journal:
http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=alton-jensen&pid=126675446
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Broudy, Pat, 1923-2017
Radiation survivors advocate "Pat" Broudy was born Alice Patricia Sutton in Overland, Kansas in 1923 at the home of her grandparents. She spent her formative years in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1948, she ventured with friends to San Francisco, California where she met Marine Major Charles A. Broudy. Major Broudy was attending radiological school there. After a whirlwind courtship they were married in 1949. Major Broudy had already served in WWII as a pilot in the Pacific theater.
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Ober, Dee, 1932-2008
Bio taken from obituary on Las Vegas Review Journal: "D'VORRE OBER D'Vorre (Dee) Ober, 76, of Las Vegas, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Dee was preceded in death by Harold Ober, her beloved husband of 55 years; and her younger sister, Myrna Supowitz-Walzer. She is survived by her five children, Ron (Gail), Ed (Gail), Jami (Scott), Scott (Barb), and David (Jennifer); 14 grandchildren; a great-grandson; and younger siblings, Lennie (Lennie), and Lynda (David). D'Vorre was born Feb. 17, 1932, in Pittsburgh. Dee had a very wonderful and fulfilling life.
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Buckley, Barbara, 1928-2020
"Bobbie, as she was known all her life, was born in Pasadena on February 11, 1928, the seventh child of Millie and Harry Johansing. She attended Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy and graduated from Immaculate Heart College. Bobbie was blessed with a beautiful singing voice. Inspired by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald, she excelled in theater and song. (During one of her many family trips to Europe, nine-year old Bobbie entertained passersby from the family's hotel balcony!) She had a crush on Frank Sinatra, but was swept off her feet by Bob Buckley.
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