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Rev Oliver Ethan Comstock Sr.

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Rev Oliver Ethan Comstock Sr.

Birth
New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA
Death
10 Sep 1937 (aged 82)
Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 17, Section A, Grave 36-3
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Yuma Daily Sun, Arizona, September 11, 1937, p. 1
Tucson Hospital Founder Passes
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 11 - Funeral services were pending today for the Rev. Oliver E. Comstock, 83, founder of the Comstock hospital for tuberculars and former Tucson justice of the peace.

The Rev. Mr. Comstock died yesterday of heart disease at the Casa Grande home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry F. Dohyns. Last rites will be held here.

Comstock founded the tubercular hospital in 1910 when he was stirred by the suicide of an invalid youth who killed himself because of poverty.
Contributed by dm wms, Find A Grave volunteer (#47395868)
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Spouse was Jennie Comstock of Kentucky
Son: Waller (Walter)H. Comstock, born 1889 Kentucky
Daughter: Susie Kell Comstock Dobyns, born circa 1892 Sheffield, ALA, spouse of Henry Farmer Dobyns
Daughter: Jennie Comstock, born circa 1894 Alabama
Daughter: Alfyne I. Comstock, born Alabama, circa 1900
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Allyne I Comstock Boardman was born Allyne I Looney. She was adopted and raised by Comstock grandparents. She was the daughter of Bertha Sunshine Comstock and Henry Floyd Looney.
Contributor: cindi scott (46587858)
Yuma Daily Sun, Arizona, September 11, 1937, p. 1
Tucson Hospital Founder Passes
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 11 - Funeral services were pending today for the Rev. Oliver E. Comstock, 83, founder of the Comstock hospital for tuberculars and former Tucson justice of the peace.

The Rev. Mr. Comstock died yesterday of heart disease at the Casa Grande home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry F. Dohyns. Last rites will be held here.

Comstock founded the tubercular hospital in 1910 when he was stirred by the suicide of an invalid youth who killed himself because of poverty.
Contributed by dm wms, Find A Grave volunteer (#47395868)
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Spouse was Jennie Comstock of Kentucky
Son: Waller (Walter)H. Comstock, born 1889 Kentucky
Daughter: Susie Kell Comstock Dobyns, born circa 1892 Sheffield, ALA, spouse of Henry Farmer Dobyns
Daughter: Jennie Comstock, born circa 1894 Alabama
Daughter: Alfyne I. Comstock, born Alabama, circa 1900
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Allyne I Comstock Boardman was born Allyne I Looney. She was adopted and raised by Comstock grandparents. She was the daughter of Bertha Sunshine Comstock and Henry Floyd Looney.
Contributor: cindi scott (46587858)

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