"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS36-D3K : 20 May 2014), Helen Pitts, 21 Aug 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTC-17D9 : 26 October 2016), Helen Pitts, Colorado, United States, 22 Aug 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Denver Post, The, born-digital text.
Marriage
Date: 27 OCT 1942
Place: Denver, Colorado, USA
Page: Thursday, December 17, 1942 Page 3 Helen Silvester of Champion Married Mr. and Mrs. Frank Silvester of Champion, announce the marriage of their daughter, Helen, to Corp. Jack Fleming. The wedding took place at Denver, Colo., on October 27. Mr Fleming, who just received his wings from the U. S. Army Air Corps, is at the east coast. Mrs. Fleming is living at present at Denver, Colo.
Censuses
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM1L-Q3M : accessed 17 June 2017), Helen V Silvester in household of Frank Silvester, Champion, Champion Election Precinct, Chase, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-3, sheet 3B, line 72, family 69, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2240.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQVB-KFS : accessed 17 June 2017), Helen V Sylvester in household of Frank Sylvester, Champion, Chase, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 3A, line 41, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1267; FHL microfilm 2,341,002.
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