Barnesboro Star, Thursday, September 19, 1942 FOUR COMMODORE BROTHERS IN SERVICE; ONE NOW IN EGYPT Four sons of Norman W. Stiffler, Sr. of Commodore, Indiana County, are with the United States Armed Forces in the fight for freedom The one son, Sergt. Norman E. Stiffler, Jr., 24, is the soldier who was reported last week in press dispatches from Cairo, Egypt, as having a narrow escape from death when his oxygen mask froze on his face while his bomber was flying at high altitude in a raid over Tobruk. Norman was rendered unconscious and efforts of the crew to bring him to were unsuccessful until the navigator in the ship gulped oxygen and blew it directly into Stiffler's lungs. Norman has been in the Army Air corps since March 15, 1941. A brother, James W. Stiffler, 23, has been in the Army since February 5, 1938, and holds the high noncommissioned grade of technical sergeant. He is on duty at Indiantown Gap. Pvt. Wayne W. Stiffler, the third brother, enlisted in the Army on September 18, 1940, and is detailed to duty at present at Fort Bragg, NC. He is 20 years old. The fourth brother, Alvin C. Stiffler, aged 21, was inducted into the armed forces on August 25 and this week began active training. The father of the four boys is employed by the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation at Commodore. Is this family of four Stiffler brothers in the War a descendant of one from the Civil War with four sons also serving? Vernon C. Cook USN(Ret) Genealogy is the game...Grandkids are more fun.

Vernon - I am not an expert on the Stifflers so what I have is limited and the middle Initials on a few of these individuals vary, (Census Records) but Norman V/W Boring father of Norman E, Williard James, Alvin C. and Melvin Wayne is the son of Elias Stiffler and Phoebe Boring Elias Stifler is the son of Joseph Stiffler and Caroline Reed Joseph Stiffler is the son of George H. Stiffler and Mary Johnson PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THIS BUT THIS IS ACCORDING TO MY RECORDS NOW, If the Stifflers can help me out... Norman V/W Stiffler was married to a Mary O. Boring according to my records - - Can someone verify her last name for me and identify who her parents were ???? ----- Original Message ----- From: <vernoncook@juno.com> To: <PAINDIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 7:03 PM Subject: [INDIANA] Newspaper article From Cambria Co., rootsweb > Barnesboro Star, Thursday, September 19, 1942 > > FOUR COMMODORE BROTHERS IN SERVICE; ONE NOW IN EGYPT > > Four sons of Norman W. Stiffler, Sr. of Commodore, Indiana > County, > are with the United States Armed Forces in the fight for freedom > The one son, Sergt. Norman E. Stiffler, Jr., 24, is the soldier > who > was reported last week in press dispatches from Cairo, Egypt, as having a > > narrow escape from death when his oxygen mask froze on his face while his > bomber > was flying at high altitude in a raid over Tobruk. Norman was rendered > unconscious and efforts of the crew to bring him to were unsuccessful > until the > navigator in the ship gulped oxygen and blew it directly into Stiffler's > lungs. > Norman has been in the Army Air corps since March 15, 1941. > A brother, James W. Stiffler, 23, has been in the Army since > February > 5, 1938, and holds the high noncommissioned grade of technical sergeant. > He > is on duty at Indiantown Gap. > Pvt. Wayne W. Stiffler, the third brother, enlisted in the Army > on > September 18, 1940, and is detailed to duty at present at Fort Bragg, NC. > He is > 20 years old. > The fourth brother, Alvin C. Stiffler, aged 21, was inducted into > the > armed forces on August 25 and this week began active training. > The father of the four boys is employed by the Clearfield > Bituminous > Coal Corporation at Commodore. > > Is this family of four Stiffler brothers in the War a descendant > of > one from the Civil War with four sons also serving? > > Vernon C. Cook USN(Ret) > Genealogy is the game...Grandkids are more fun. > > > ==== PAINDIAN Mailing List ==== > JOIN "THE HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL > SOCIETY OF INDIANA COUNTY" > 200 South Sixth Street > Indiana, PA 15701-2999 > Individual $20 >