STONEBRAKER, Helen

Source: Kingman Star Thursday, June 8, 1944

Helen Stonebraker, 10 year old daughter of Charles and Edith Shirley Stonebraker of Veedersburg, died at 1 p.m. Thursday at her home as the result of burns received Wednesday afternoon while playing on a gasoline truck. Helen and her brother, Larry, 5, were playing on the truck which was parked near the bulk station, located near the Stonebraker home. She received burns on her legs and lower part of her body and the boy was burned about the head and shoulders. The burns were not believed serious and the children were removed to their home where they received treatment by a local doctor. It is believed that a small amount of gasoline from the truck became ignited, burning the children, but how it became ignited was not immediately determined. Surviving in addition to the parents are nine brothers and sisters. - s