Levi Lawrence Comfort

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Levi Lawrence Comfort was born March 5, 1897 on a farm northeast of Wells, Kansas to Winfred G. and Isabell Heald Comfort. He spent his early life farming in the Wells area.

He served in the U.S. Army in World War I. After his discharge in 1918 he went into business for himself.

On April 13, 1924 he was married to M. Opal Plunkett at Bethany church in Ottawa county and they established their home in Wells, Kansas. Discontinuing his truck business, he became a road patrolman and continued in that capacity until his retirement in 1962.

Levi was a member of World War I Barricks 3059 holding offices at both state and local levels, American Legion Post 100 in Minneapolis, and was an active worker for the Methodist church of Wells.
He died June 17, 1973 at the Ottawa County Hospital.

Family/Spouse: M. Opal Plunkett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dorothy Lois Stratton was born April 3, 1925 at Minneapolis, the daughter of Levi and Opal Plunkett Comfort. She passed away Friday, March 29, 1991 at her farm home northwest of Minneapolis at the age of 65 years 11 months and 26 days.

She was united in marriage to Leland B. Stratton on Feb. 3, 1951 at Las Vegas, NV. They farmed and had operated the Ottawa County Landfill for the past 16 years. Dorothy loved animals and held state and federal licenses to care for sick and injured wildlife.

Dorothy was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the Altar Society and the VFW Auxiliary, all of Minneapolis. She was preceded in death by her first husband Charles Deaver, who died in World War II and an infant son.

Dorothy married Leland Brown Stratton on 3 Feb 1951 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United States. Leland was born on 20 Mar 1922; died on 1 Jan 2007; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Clayton married Ardis June Bruce about Mar 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Plot: I 567

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• Address: Address:
  Ann Comfort
  Burke, Virginia
  USA
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Family/Spouse: Joseph Spitek. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Address: Lawrence Comfort; Address:
  Osage County
  Westphalia, Missouri
  USA
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Family/Spouse: Gaylene. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Address: Address:
  Rebecca Comfort
  Portland, Oregon
  USA
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Family/Spouse: Mark Phillips. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]