Clayton Richard "Rick" Comfort

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Family/Spouse: Gloria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Salina Journal Sunday, March 7, 1982
HAROLD T. COMFORT

DELPHOS - The funeral for Harold Thayne "Buck" Comfort, 54, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Delphos Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Sharon Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Delphos Cemetery.

Mr. Comfort died Saturday at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born July 22, 1927, near Oak Hill in Ottawa County.

Mr. Comfort, a truck driver, was a member of the Presbyterian Church and was a former Delphos City councilman. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Lillian, Delphos; two sons, Bill, Littleton, Colo., and Rick, Downs; one daughter, Mrs. Linda Vaughn, 938 Lewis, Salina; one sister, Mrs. Shirley Cooper, Wells; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Comfort, Miltonvale, and five grandchildren.

Friends may call Monday at Phelps Funeral Home, Miltonvale.

Harold married Lillian Emma Rose Demars on 22 Jul 1950 in St. Peter's Rectory, Delphos, Kansas, United States. Lillian was born on 3 Dec 1930 in Aurora, Cloud County, Kansas, United States; died on 21 Dec 2015 in Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States; was buried in Delphos Cemetery, Delphos, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lillian Emma Rose DeMars Comfort Fruits, 85, Delphos, died Monday, December 21, 2015 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. She was born December 3, 1930 near Aurora, KS to William G. and Bernadette (L'Ecuyer) DeMars.

Lillian attended the Woodpecker rural school for three years. She then attended the Aurora Catholic schools where she was a 1949 high school graduate.

On July 22, 1950, she was united in marriage with Harold "Buck" Thayne Comfort at the St. Peter's Rectory in Delphos. They settled in Delphos where they raised their three children, Linda Marie, William Harold, and Clayton Richard.

Lillian went to work for Dr. Donald Yowell in 1974 and worked with him for over 30 years. She was actively involved in the community and was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Buck passed away in March 1982 and Lillian married Howard "Bud" Morris Fruits in March 1989. She gained three boys, Stanley, Matthew, and Scott.

Besides Buck, she was also preceded in death by her brother George DeMars; sister Gevine Hoesli; and step-son Mark Fruits.

Survivors include her husband Bud; children Linda Vaughn and husband Bill, Bill Comfort and wife Debra, Rick Comfort and wife Gloria, Stanley Fruits and wife Jeannie, Matthew Fruits and wife Sandy, and Scott Fruits and Rosemary; sisters Louise Breault, Jeanette Nelson, and Loretta DeMars; grandchildren Stacy Katzenmeier, Kala Melton, Jared Comfort, Rikki Walle, Tara Kluft, Kendra Comfort, Christopher Fruits, Jenna Kendall, Hollie Fruits, Jordanne Fruits, Morgan Fruits, and Sophia Fruits; and 23 great-grandchildren. Lillian was blessed with host of wonderful and true friends.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, December 29 at the Wilson Family Funeral Home, Minneapolis. Cremation will follow the services. Visitation will be from 2 P.M. to 7 P.M. Monday at the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 5-7. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Delphos Senior Citizen's Center.

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He was married June 7, 1926, to Genevieve Condray at Clay Center, KS. He was a farmer and stockman, farming northeast of Wells until moving to Miltonvale in 1958. They owned and operated Comfort's Cafe in Miltonvale for three years and he later drove a bus for the Miltonvale Schools. They moved to Minneapolis in 1982. He was a member of the United Methodist Church at Wells and the Golden Wheel Senior Center, Minneapolis. He was a former member of the Lions Club, Saddle Club and Senior Center at Miltonvale. They had one son and one daughter, seven grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

Harold married Nellie Genevieve "Neva" Condray on 7 Jun 1926 in Clay Center, Kansas, United States. Nellie was born on 8 Oct 1906 in Jetmore, Kansas, United States; died on 29 Jul 2004 in Salina, Saline County, Kansas, United States; was buried in Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nellie Genevieve Condray was born October 8, 1906, on a farmstead near Jetmore to Henry F. and Ada Belle (Whisler) Condray. She departed this life on July 29, 2004, at the Salina Regional Health Center. She was 97 years of age.
Memorials are to the Ottawa County Health Center or a church of the donor's choice.
--information provided by Diana Douglas

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Arthur married Mary Elizabeth Heald. Mary (daughter of Clark Heald and Catherine "Kate" Gilmour) was born on 5 Dec 1867 in Delaware County, Iowa, United States; died on 4 Sep 1930 in Clay Centre, Clay County, Kansas, United States; was buried in Mount Liberty Church Cemetery, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence-Occupant: 1871, Kossuth County, Iowa, United States
• Residence-Occupant: 1872, Waubaunsee County, Kansas, United States
• Residence-Occupant: 1874, Grant Twp, Ottawa County, Iowa, United States; Section 10 and 11

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Mary Elizabeth Comfort, daughter of Clark and Catharine Gilmour Heald, was born in Delaware County, Iowa December 5, 1867 and departed this life at the Clay Center Hospital at 2 P.M., September 4, 1930, aged 62 years, 9 months.
They moved to Waubaunsee County, Kansas in 1872. In 1874, they came to Ottawa County, homesteading section 10, Grant Township and later settling on section 11, where Mary spent her girlhood with the exception of a short time spent in Minneapolis with her grandmother Heald while she attended school.
She was united in marriage with Arthur Comfort, January 1, 1894. To this union was born 5 children, Bessie (Mrs. John Beals) of Oak Hill, Clark H. who passed away at the age of 2 years, Ralph who lived only a few days, Lura of the home, and Harold H. of Lamar. Mr. and Mrs. Comfort lived on the same farm for nearly 34 years and are well known and respected in the community where Mrs. Comfort has been actively interested in the work of the Mt. Liberty Church which she joined December 31, 1922. She has ever been a lover of her home and had the rare faculty of putting first things first. Of late she has been very solicitous of her mother who has been in very feeble health.
Funeral services were held at Mt. Liberty Church.