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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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Bunker, Berkeley Lloyd, 1906-1999
Berkeley Bunker was born August 12, 1906 in St. Thomas, Nevada. His grandfather was a Mormon pioneer who moved the family to Southern Nevada. Bunker attended Moapa Valley High School in Overton, Nevada, and graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1926. After graduating from high school, Bunker filled a Mormon Mission for the church in the Southern States Mission. He met his wife during his mission and was married in the St. George Mormon Temple in St. George, Utah in 1933. Bunker passed away January 21, 1999.
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Sussman, Laura A., 1956-
Laura Sussman was born March 26, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio where there was a robust Jewish community. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1997. The Jewish Community Center (JCC) hired her as its first executive director. She was a director for eight years, then executive director at Temple Beth Sholom. Sussman met her wife, Wendy Kraft, through their work with the JCC and love followed. Several years later, in 2009, so did their new business, Kraft-Sussman Funeral and Cremation services.
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Arum, Lovee duBoef
Lovee duBoef Arum is the Chief Financial Officer of the Morris A. Hazan Family Foundation and Director of Hospitality for her husband Bob Arum’s boxing promotion company Top Rank. She holds a Nevada Real Estate Broker Sales License and was a partner in Western Linen (a Las Vegas linen rental and laundry company) for many years. Arum is a volunteer and philanthropist in the Las Vegas, Nevada community and works with organizations such as Temple Beth Sholom and the Nathan Adelson Hospice.
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Sussman, Laura A., 1956-
Laura Sussman was born March 26, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio where there was a robust Jewish community. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1997. The Jewish Community Center (JCC) hired her as its first executive director. She was a director for eight years, then executive director at Temple Beth Sholom. Sussman met her wife, Wendy Kraft, through their work with the JCC and love followed. Several years later, in 2009, so did their new business, Kraft-Sussman Funeral and Cremation services.
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