OBIT: Lloyd Alpheus STIFFLER, 1925, Duncansville, Blair County, PA

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LLOYD ALPHEUS STIFFLER,

A lifelong resident of Duncansville and vicinity, was found dead in his 
bed at his home in Duncansville Monday evening at 5 o'clock. Mr. 
Stiffler was not feeling well and went to his room at 2 o'clock in the 
afternoon. When members [of his family] went to call him for supper, he 
was dead. He was born Nov. 16, 1856, in Poplar Run, the son of Abraham 
and Mrs. Rachel Stiffler, and resided in Duncansville for the past 
twenty-five years, being employed for a number of years as a foreman 
for the American Lime and Limestone company, for twelve years in West 
Virginia, and more recently at Blairfour. He was united in marriage on 
July 4, 1880, with Miss Elizabeth Shaw, who survives, with the 
following children: Harry, Charles, Mrs. Gertrude Croft, Edith, Mrs. 
Edna Mentzer, Paul, Elwood, Lloyd, jr., and Elizabeth; also the 
following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Jane Coy, Mrs. Minnie Piper, 
Joseph E. and Aden H. He was a member of the Duncansville Lutheran 
church and served the borough as judge of elections for many years. 
Funeral services will be conducted in the Duncansville Lutheran church 
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, in charge of his pastor, Rev. Isaac 
Krider. Interment in Carson Valley cemetery. 

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, October 6, 1925