Jerry COMFORT (1947- )
1 Jerry D. COMFORT1,2 (1947- ) [8409]. Born 7 Mar 1947.3 Marr Joyce GRINNELL c. Jul 1967.2
From the Wellsboro Gazette.
October 20, 1966 - "Seaman Recruit Jerry D. Comfort. 19 USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Comfort of Route 1, Mansfield, has been graduated from nine weeks of Navy basic training at the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Ill.
In the first weeks of his naval service he studied military subjects and lived and worked under conditions similar to those he will encounter on his first ship or at his first shore station.
In making the transition from civilian life to Naval service, he received instruction under veteran petty officers. He studied seamanship, as well as survival techniques, military drill and other basic subjects."
November 24, 1966 - "Fireman Apprentice Jerry D. Comfort, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Comfort of Route 1, Mansfield, is a crewmember aboard the attack aircraft USS Lexington, homeported at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.
The Lexington conducts all her operations in the Gulf of Mexico. There she provides carrier for basic and advanced Navy and Marine Corps student pilots as well as service for carrier qualifications of Atlantic Fleet Squadrons.
The Navy's chief weapon for maintaining "control of the sea" is fast moving, far ranging, hard hitting carrier striking force and the top ship in the force is the attack aircraft carrier.".
2 Raymond A. COMFORT1,4,5,6 (1914-1995) [8342]. Born 15 Nov 1914.4,6 Marr Ruth A. KENYON c. Sep 1938, Crooked Creek, PA.5 Died 1 Sep 1995.6
4 William Henry COMFORT4,7,8,9 (1878-1957) [8337]. Born Jun 1878.7,8 Marr Pearl BARTLETT Feb 1898.10 Died 24 Apr 1957. Buried 27 Apr 1957, Evergreen Cemetery, Tioga, PA.9
From the Wellsboro Agitator.
May 2, 1957 - "William Henry Comfort 82 of Mansfield RD 3, Pa, died April 24, 1957. He was a member of Knoxville Baptist Church.
He is survived by daughters, Mrs. Rose Cowles of Wellsboro, Pa., Mrs. Nellie Stradley of Himrod N.Y., sons Truman Comfort of Norfolk, Va, Alfred of Lawrenceville Pa., Raymond of Mansfield, 18 grandchildren and 26 great great grandchildren .
The funeral was Saturday with Rev. Oren E. Crippen officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Tipga.".
5 Pearl BARTLETT4,7,8 (1882-1925) [8336]. Born Jul 1882, Tioga, PA.7,8 Died 2 Apr 1925, Charleston, PA.11 Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Tioga, PA.10
From an unknown Tioga, PA newspaper.
"The many friends of Mrs. Pearl (Bartlett) Comfort were saddened when it became known that she had died at her home in Charleston last Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Two years ago last June Mrs. Comfort suffered a stroke of paralysis from which she gradually declined until a few days before her death, when she suffered another stroke, which caused her death. Had Mrs. Comfort lived until July 23 she would have been 43 years old. In February 1898, she was married to William H. Comfort and to this union seven children were born, five of whom survive. They are Truman D. Comfort of Trenton, N.J.; Mrs. Cecil Perry, of Charleston, and Nellie, Alfred and Raymond at home; besides her husband and children she also leaves to mourn, her father, David Bartlett, of Tioga; one sister. Mrs. Emma Kennedy of Mansfield; two brothers, Lawrence Bartlett of Holiday and Harley Bartlett of Mill Creek, and four grandchildren. Mrs Comfort was a kind wife, a loving mother and a good neighbor. The funeral was held from the M.E. church in Tioga Sunday at one o'clock, the Rev. F.A. Phelps, of the Free Methodist church in Corning, officiating. Interment was in the family plot in Evergreen Cemetery at Tioga. The bearers were old neighbors and schoolmates of Mrs. Comfort.
10 David BARTLETT12,13,14,15,16,17,18 (1849-1930) [8291]. Born Dec 1849, PA.12,15 Marr Jennie Abigail LAWRENCE 1 May 1877, Tioga, PA.14 Died 27 Aug 1930, Middlebury Center, PA.19,20 Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Tioga, PA.20
From the Wellsboro Agitator.
September 23, 1879 - " A new Postoffice has been established at Painter Run in this county, and Mr. David Bartlett has been appointed Postmaster."
From the History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1897.
"Painter Run is the name of a postoffice in the southeast corner of the township. The office was established in 1872. David Bartlett was the first postmaster.".
11 Jennie Abigail LAWRENCE14,15,16,20 (1858-bef1920) [8296]. Born Mar 1858.15 Died btw Mar 1918 and Jan 1920.21
3 Ruth A. KENYON5,6 (1921-2000) [8408]. Born 30 Aug 1921, Cortland, NY.6,22 Died 19 Aug 2000, Wellsboro, Tioga, PA.6,22 Buried Tioga County Memorial Gardens.22
From the Wellsboro Gazette.
September 22, 1938 - "Raymond Comfort, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Comfort, of Mansfield, R.D. 1, and Miss Ruth Kenyon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kenyon, of Crooked Creek, R.D, were married at the home of the bride's parents. They were given a variety shower at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Comfort."
From Misc. Lycoming County, PA obituaries, no newspaper name.
"Ruth A. Comfort, 78, a resident of Pinnacle Towers for two years, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000 at the home of her daughter, Judy Zuchowski of Princeton Street. Her husband of 56 years, Raymond Comfort, died in 1994. Born Aug. 30, 1921, in Cortland, N.Y., she was a daughter of Sarah and John Kenyon. Surviving, besides her daughter, are a son, Jerry, of Lakeland, Fla.; another daughter Carol Meskunas of New York; two brothers, Robert Kenyon of Troy and Jack Kenyo0n of Mansfield; a sister, Laura Beals of Blossburg; six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Tussey-Mosher's, 139 Main St., with he Rev. James Traux officiating. Burial will be in Tioga County Memorial Gardens, Charleston Township. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday.".
6 John KENYON5,22 ( - ) [8410].
7 Sarah ?22 ( - ) [8413].
Sources
| 1 | "Articles on Jerry D. Comfort in the Wellsboro Gazette, Oct. 20, 1966, Nov. 24, 1966 and July 27, 1967". |
| 2 | "Engagement announcement of Joyce Grinnell and Jerry D. Comfort in the Wellsboro Gazette, July 27, 1967". |
| 3 | "U.S. Public Records Index". |
| 4 | "1920 PA, Tioga, Lawrence census". |
| 5 | "Wedding announcement of Raymond Comfort and Ruth Kenyon in the Wellsboro Gazette, September 22, 1938". |
| 6 | "Social Security Death Index". |
| 7 | "1900 PA, Tioga, Sullivan census". |
| 8 | "1910 Tioga, Rutland census". |
| 9 | "Obituary of William Henry Comfort in the Wellsboro Agitator, May 2, 1957". |
| 10 | "Obituary of Mrs. William Comfort in an unknown Tioga County newspaper.". |
| 11 | "Obituary of Mrs. William Comfort in the Wellsboro Agitator, April 15, 1925". |
| 12 | "1850 PA, Tioga, Tioga census". |
| 13 | "1860 PA, Tioga, Tioga census". |
| 14 | "Marriage announcement of David Bartlett and Jennie A. Lawrence in the Wellsboro Agitator, May 8, 1977". |
| 15 | "1880 Tioga, Tioga, PA census". |
| 16 | "1910 PA, Tioga, Tioga census". |
| 17 | "1920 PA, Tioga, Tioga census". |
| 18 | "1930 PA, Tioga, Middlebury". |
| 19 | "Obituary of David Bartlett in the Wellsboro Agitator, September 3, 1930". |
| 20 | "Obituary of David Bartlett from Wilson, Weiskopf, Moon, Zaner Family". |
| 21 | "Estimated based on related dates and information". |
| 22 | "Obituary of Ruth A. Comfort in misc. Lycoming County, PA obituaries, no newspaper name". |
