Will County IL Archives Obituaries.....Comerford, Dean 1921
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Newspaper Unknown, October 3, 1921
Dean Comerford, 23 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Comerford, 610 Western 
Avenue, died this morning at 6 o'clock at the home of his parents, following 
an illness of several months. Born in Minooka, he received his early education 
at Notre Dame university, having spent four years in the Minim department of 
that institution. With his parents, he moved to Joliet 11 years ago and 
attended Sacred Heart School until he finished the eighth grade. He was 
graduated from the Joliet high school with the class of 1916 and continued his 
studies at Dubuque college, Iowa, and would have graduated from Illinois 
university in 1919 had not illness interrupted his course. During the war he 
took a students' officer's training course at Fort Sheridan and was in the 
student reserve officers' training corps at Dubuque college. He received 
honors in public speaking in his high school class and was chairman of the 
1916 Field day program. He was a member of the J.T.H.S. basketball team of 
1916 and was captain of the 1918 Dubuque college team. He was specializing in 
chemistry at the state university. Shortly after his discharge from the army 
he became ill. He was one of four members of his family engaged in war 
work. His father was food administrator and his two brothers were in 
service. Surviving him are his parents, three brothers, George, John and 
Thomas, and two sisters, Helen and Lucille. The funeral will be Monday morning 
at 9:30 o'clock from the home to St. Raymond's church. Burial will be in Mt. 
Olivet cemetery.
Paper Unknown, October 1st, 1921


With Joliet and visiting priests on the altar; solemn requiem high mass was 
celebrated in St. Raymond's church at 10 o'clock at the funeral of Dean 
Comerford, former high school athlete, who died Saturday at the home of his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Comerford, 610 Western Avenue. The Rev. Francis 
Scanlan, pastor of the church was celebrant, the Rev. Thomas O'Brien, of 
Morris, deacon and the Rev. Thomas Tormay, assistant pastor at St. Raymond's, 
subdeacon. The Revs. Joseph McMahon, of Minooka, A. S. Olszewski of Holy 
Cross, P.L. Kennedy and Joseph Morrison, of St. Patrick's, were on the 
altar. St. Raymond's choir, assisted by Mrs. Henry Odenthal, William Odenthal 
and Dr. John Limacher, sang the mass. Pallbearers were Joseph Lennon, Louis 
Lagger, Charles Hossack, Donald Fraser, Joseph Wallace and John Murray. Burial 
was in Mt. Olivet cemetery.

The boy had been ill since shortly after his discharge from service two years 
ago. He was captain of the 1916 basketball team of the high ..........

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