Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....Comerford, Thomas August 20, 1925
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Joliet Herald, Aug 21, 1925
Former Postmaster of Minooka is Taken by Death

Joliet Herald, August 21, 1925

Death Claims T. Comerford

Former Minooka Postmaster Succumbs to Long Illness, Rites Saturday

Thomas Comerford, 65 years old, former Minooka postmaster, died at his home, 
113 D'Arcy avenue, yesterday afternoon following an illness of several months.

Mr. Comerford was born in Minooka, March 7, 1860, and resided in that village 
until five years ago, when he disposed of his farm holdings and moved to 
Joliet.

During the administration of President Wilson, Mr. Comerford was postmaster of 
Minooka, an office which his father, George Comerford, held many years before 
under President James Buchanan.


Father Founded Minooka

The father was the founder of Minooka, and was the village's first station 
agent when the Rock Island railroad was put thru the town in 1852.

In 1885 Mr. Comerford was married to Margaret Ellen Coulehan, a member of a 
well known Minooka family. Mrs. Comerford died in 1910.

Funeral Tomorrow

Surviving are two sons, George A. and Joseph Comerford; five daughters, Mrs. 
Frank Feehan, Mrs. John J. Henneberry and the Misses Frances, Florence, and 
Clare Comerford, of Joliet; and one brother, N. J. Comerford, Western avenue. 
A sister, Miss Mary Comerford, died while at St. Mary's academy, Notre Dame, 
in 1883.

Funeral services will be held from the home at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning to 
St. Patrick's Catholic church, 30 minutes later. Burial will be in St. Mary's 
cemetery, Minooka.



Plan Comerford Service Saturday

Burial in Minooka Grave After Services in Joliet

Morris Herald, August 20, 1925

Funeral services for Thomas Comerford, former prominent Minooka resident who 
died in Joliet yesterday, will be held at the home in Joliet at 9 o'clock 
Saturday morning and at St. Patrick's church at 9:30 o'clock. Burial will be 
made in St. Mary's cemetery at Minooka.

Mr. Comerford was born at Minooka, March 7, 1860, where he lived all his life 
up to five years ago when he sold his farm and moved with his family to 
Joliet. He was among the first born at Minooka and from his boyhood he was 
actively identified with the early growth and development of his native town 
and the surrounding country.

His father, the late George Comerford, was the founder of Minooka and was its 
first station agent when the Rock Island railroad was put through the town in 
1852. He was also Minooka's first postmaster, receiving his appointment from 
President James Buchanan. Mr. Comerford was postmaster at Minooka during 
President Wilson's administration. He was a prominent and active member of the 
Catholic church and was the means of establishing the new cemetery near the 
Catholic church at Minooka, the old parish cemetery being at Dresden, several 
miles distant.

He was a member of Morris Council, Knights of Columbus, a member of the Holy 
Name society and belonged to the Modern Woodmen of America. He was universally 
esteemed and honored by all classes, a good and friendly neighbor and a true 
and useful friend - a type of manhood characteristic of his day and time. The 
Comerford farm home just outside Minooka was noted for its hospitality and for 
years was the mecca of many Joliet friends.

In 1885 he married Margaret Ellen Coulehan, a member of a prominent Minooka 
family who died in 1910.

Surviving him are two sons, George A. and Joseph Comerford; and five 
daughters, Mrs. Frank Feehan, Mrs. John Henneberry, Frances, Florence, and 
Clare Comerford, all of Joliet. N. J. Comerford, of Western avenue, Joliet, is 
a brother. A sister, Mary, died while a pupil at St. Mary's academy, Notre 
Dame, in 1888.



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