STEVEN HOWARD ALLEN
(02 SEP 1958 – 15 OCT 1962)

 

Thursday, October 18, 1962 - - Steve Allen, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Allen, Jr., of Jarosz Trailer Park on State Highway 11, was killed instantly Monday when he fell from the tear of a milk delivery truck.

The accident occurred when the child had climbed onto the back platform of the truck. The driver returned to the truck and not seeing the child he started the truck. The child fell and the toy truck which he was playing with fell on top of him. He was rushed to the local hospital by Craig ambulance and was pronounced dead on arrival, it was reported.

No charges were filed against the driver of the truck, it was stated.

Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Allen, Jr.; two sisters, Karen Diane and Tina Joyce Allen. Also surviv­ing are the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. (Bill) Allen, Sr., of Hastings, and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Young of Bo­vina, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday from the First Baptist Church of Bunnell with the pastor, Rev. Thomas Pinner, officiating. Interment will follow at the Espanola Cemetery.

The body will rest at the Craig Funeral Chapel until noon Friday and from 1 to 2 p. m. at the church.

Craig Funeral Home of Bunnell is in charge of arrangements.

THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida