Notes About N.E. Iowans in the Service
PLAINFIELD—Henry Stufflebeam, fireman first class on the USS Perkins, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stufflebeam, that he was in Tokyo bay when the Japanese surrender was signed. This is the first word received from him since June. He has had two and one-half years Navy service.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, October 17, 1945
Henry Junior Stufflebeam was born Aug. 8, 1925 to Charles Elmer and Iva Lorena Cooper Stufflebeam . He died Feb. 24, 1985 and is buried in Garden of Memories, Waterloo, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
