Shirley Joyce Comfort

1929 - 2013  (84 years)

• Name	Shirley Joyce Comfort
  Birth	1 Dec 1929	Miltonvale, Kansas, United States
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	121483769
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121483769
  _UID	EA3AE065A76C4D40841E8292EFDF8E163184
  Death	7 Dec 2013	Ottawa County, Kansas, United States
  	Wilson Family Funeral Home - Shirley J. Cooper, 84, Minneapolis, passed away December 7, 2013 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. She was born December 1, 1929 on a farm south of Miltonvale to Harold and Neva (Condray) Comfort. Shirley attended Miltonvale schools, graduating high school in 1947. On March 3, 1948 she and Darrel Cooper were united in marriage. They were married 59 years before he preceded her in death on May 11, 2007. Shirley was a devoted farm wife and always was alongside her husband in the fields. Shirley was a seamstress who made clothes for her children and grandchildren. In later years, she substituted at the Wells Post Office, worked the Ottawa County Election Board, delivered flowers for Keith's Floral, and worked part time at Keith's Greenhouse in Wells. Survivors include her children Randy Cooper and his wife Sue; Susan Reed and her husband Roger, Sandy Cline and her husband Kevin all of Minneapolis, and Karen Boydston and her husband Layne of Gardner; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Graveside services for family and close friends were Saturday, December 14 at the Bennington Cemetery. Memorial services were at 11:00 A.M. at Wilson Family Funeral Home, Minneapolis. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Ada United Methodist Church, Central Kansas Flywheels Yesteryear Museum, or the Ottawa County Service Corporation (Ottawa County Carnival) and may be left in care of the funeral home.
  Burial	Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Kansas, United States
  Person ID	I7527	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	29 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Harold Heald Comfort,   b. 7 May 1905, Wells, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States d. 4 Jan 1999, Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Nellie Genevieve "Neva" Condray,   b. 8 Oct 1906, Jetmore, Kansas, United States d. 29 Jul 2004, Salina, Saline County, Kansas, United States (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	7 Jun 1926	Clay Centre, Clay County, Kansas, United States
  Family ID	F2395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daryl Lee Cooper,   b. 3 Aug 1929, Delphos, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States d. 11 May 2007, Witchita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1948	Miltonvale, Cloud County, Kansas, United States
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living
  Family ID	F2401	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Marriage - 3 Mar 1948 - Miltonvale, Cloud County, Kansas, United States Death - 7 Dec 2013 - Ottawa County, Kansas, United States Burial - - Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Kansas, United States  = Link to Google Earth