COMFORT CEMETERY location unknown

Burial location not known at present time. Notes made in red are corrections/additions as found in the CHF cemetery list as compiled from the photos and inventory of the cemetery
in preparation for creating a map. Notes made in green are corrections/additions as found in the CHF Obituary list compiled from the Comfort News. Notes made in purple are
corrections/additions as found in the Comfort Cemetery Book 2 “Location of Graves & Date Died (Made by Otto Holekamp April 1, 1931)” There are a few corrections/additions as found
in the Comfort Cemetery Book 1 “Grave & Lot Owners—Otto Holekamp—April 1, 1931” Notes made in blue are corrections/additions as found on the Comfort Cemetery Map
Des. & drawn by E. Habecker, L. A. 3-1-1914. Greg Krauter gave CHF the original maps, but someone from the Comfort Cemetery Association made the entries on the various lots on the map.

NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATESEC- TION ROW LOT MISC
Badella, Mrs. J --- 23 Dec 1923  -   -Date in Book 2, but No Marker
Baxter, Dodd ---- 15 Sep 1900  --  -- -Date in Book 2, but No Marker
Breyer Chas. Wm. - 17 Feb 1954 --- WW I Vet; Obit does not name a cemetery burial
Brinkmann, Edgar 16 Dec 1899 19 Aug 1954    Obit lists plane crash in Mexico as cause of death; Location: Calmalli, B. Mexico- report of the Death of An American Citizen; 3 friends also on Board; cremated and returned to Comfort for burial.
Dreiss, Alfred Giles 7 Sep 1925 9 Jan 1984      
Garza (child) --- 1928 - - -No Marker found
Gaston, Krimhilde nee Hoffman (Mrs. Lewis E.) 24 Jan 195410 Nov 2006  -  -   No Marker; No cemetery listed in Obit
Gonzales, M 1891 1916  -  -  -No Marker; No cemetery listed in Obit
Hildebrandt, Helen Emma nee Besser (Ms L. F.) 2 Dec 1886 24 May 1942      No Marker; Death Certificate
Hillman, Louisa 3 Jan 1808 21 Oct 1870      
Jones, W. T. (Dr) - 26 Sep 1900      No marker found; Obit says Comfort Cemetery
Kasten, Anton no date 28 May 1886  -   -No Marker
Lewis, Eston c1926 2001      Obit does not list cemetery
Lindner, Francis Allen 17 Feb 1931 19 Feb 2002      Obit does not list a Cemetery
Lopez, Julian 11 Jan 1981 20 Jan 1981      Death Certificate: Infant son of George and Angelita Lopez
Love, Katherine nee Dreiss (Ms John) 9 Jan 1927 20 Nov 1974      Death Certificate
Martinez, Julio ---- 1932  Mex   6
Missey, Thomas D ---- 1942  6   11
McElroy, Ilse 27 Jan 1904 Sep 1986
Munoz, Pancho 1846 1 May 1936  Mex   15Born in Mexico; Death Certificate.
Nipper, Henry Burr 27 Jun 1917 8 Dec 2007      Obituary
Ortega, Bertha (Ms Ad) 22 Feb 1920 30 Jul 1938      Obit: Buried in Comfort, unknown cemetery: Death Certificate
Pfeiffer, Louis 1867 1935      
Reeh, Ernst 1907 26 Sep 1991  -  - -Obit gives dates, does not name a cemetery
Riley, William Sr. 1905 6 Mar 1977      
Scharck, Ernest 14 Jun 1885 24 Jun 1960      Death Certificate
Schell, Emma - 26 Dec 1906      
Thompson, J.F.   July 9, 1913      Skeletal remains discovered; Obit gives info Comfort Cemetery; No Marker;
Vadnais, Keith 15 Sep 1950 24 May 2011      Obit does not list a Cemetery
Valdarez, baby no date 1927      Bk 2 does not give location
Vargas, baby no date 1926      Bk 2 gives no location; No Marker
Waid, Susan nee Webster 7 Aug 1933 2002      
White, John 1841 1880     -
Willman, Eugene O. c1926 15 Jan 1990       No cemetery listed in Obit
Willman, Fernandine nee Stieler (Ms Roy O) 15 Jul 1911 21 Aug2000       No cemetery listed in Obit
Wright, Barbara Frances nee Stewart c1930 2000       No cemetery listed in Obit

*Name and date taken from Obituaries at Comfort Heritage Foundation Museum. Birth Date calculated from age given in Obituary


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/printed August 1997, updated January 29, 2004.
Updated 2 Mar 2025