Kern County Obituaries

Leo Donahoe

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 16 Aug 1945
	
LOCAL MAN BURNED TO DEATH	
While delivering a load of kerosene at Boron on Tuesday of this week, Leo Donahoe, well known 
dealer of the Shell Oil Company, suffered 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns which caused his death. 
While pumping the fluid into a tank there was a static flash which ignited his clothing and hearing 
his screams a man near by ran to his assistance wrapping him in a blanket. He was taken; to the 
Mojave Hospital where Dr. Harry Horoswill and doctors from the Marine Air Station did all in their 
power for him, but'Mr. Donohoe passed away at 5:45 p. m. with his wife, Vera, who is Clerk of the 
local Justice Court, at his bedside.	
Born July 17, 1900, at Baraboo, Wisconsin, he came to California 25 years ago, coming to Mojave 
in March of 1942. He is survived by his wife, Vera, a daughter, Colleene, a brother, John of 
Maywood, and a sister, Mrs. H. B. Voerding of Sinclair, Wyoming. 
The body will lie in state in the local mortuary on Thursday evening and funeral services will be 
held on Friday afternoon at 2 p. m. at St. Mary's of the Desert Church. Interrment will be in Calvary 
Cemetery on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock with the O'Donnell Funeral Home in charge. Pall 
bearers will be George Stambook, Ralph Lyons, Earl Miller, Allan Kelley, Sgt Bernard Puchalski 
and Leslie McMurphy.