Major General Clayton L. Comfort

1930 - 2004  (74 years)

• Name	Clayton L. Comfort
  Prefix	Major General
  Birth	20 Feb 1930	Wells, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	17084177
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17084177
  _UID	4DF3530EF64744E8B438D0F8B61B87FD13C6
  Death	14 Oct 2004	Laurence, Douglas County, Kansas, United States
  	Minneapolis Messenger 21 October 2004 Major General Clayton L. Comfort, 74, died October 14, 2004 at his home in Lawrence. He was born in Wells, the son of Levi and Opal (Plunkett) Comfort. He was raised in Wells and graduated from Minneapolis High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps at the University of Kansas in February 1953. He married Ardis June Bruce in March 1960. He earned a Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering in 1963 at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He served two tours in Vietnam. In 1987, he retired as Commanding General of Fleet Marine Force (Atlantic) after 34 years and seven months of serving in the Marine Corps. They returned to Lawrence in 1989, where he served the Habitat for Humanity Chapter and was an active member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife Ardis of Lawrence; three children, Anne Comfort and husband Joe Spitek of Burke, Virginia, Lawrence Comfort and wife Gaylene of Westphalia and Rebecca Phillips and husband Mark of Portland, Oregon; and nine grandchildren. The funeral was October 20 at the First United Methodist Church in Lawrence. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Memorials are to Habitat for Humanity or First United Methodist Church, both in Lawrence. Obituary courtesy of Kate Jacques.
  Burial	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
  Person ID	I7571	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	29 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Levi Lawrence Comfort,   b. 5 Mar 1895, Wells, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States d. 17 Jun 1973, Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F2411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F2651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 20 Feb 1930 - Wells, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States Death - 14 Oct 2004 - Laurence, Douglas County, Kansas, United States Burial - - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, United States  = Link to Google Earth