Milton Oscar Lustnauer, Sr. was born on October 2, 1917. He had two brothers, Harold and Al, and a sister Bernice. Harold died at the age of twelve from tuberculosis.

Howard Owen Merriman was born May13,1933 in Columbus, Ohio. He spent his early life on the Hilltop, first residing on Sutton Avenue and then moving to a new house built

Sara Ann McPeek Sampson is a CODA – child of deaf adults. She was born on July 14, 1951, to Harry and Evelyn McPeek. The delivery doctor was Dr. Jack