This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QRB.2ACI/2053.1 Message Board Post: Reno Gazette Journal March 18, 1997---Iva Alice Thomas Loveless, 82, died March 13, 1997, at her residence. Anative of Kansas City, Mo., she was born March 10, 1915 to James and Marrie(sic) Puckett thomas and had lived in Sparks for the past 50 years. Mrs. Loveless was a fashion model for 10 years, a cost accountant the the U.S. Government during World War 2 and a blacljack dealer at the Harold's club for 40 years. She was a former Miss Kansas city and a member of St. Thhese of the Little Flower Catholic church. Her husband , William, died in 1948. Surviving are daughters, Patricia Loveless of Sparks and shelly Loveless Chase of Southern California, and three grandsons. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Reno Memorial Cremation & Burial Society.