Eleventh Generation

12153. Doris Comfort was born on 19 November 1923 in Hornell, Steuben, NY. She died on 13 March 2010 at the age of 86 in Wellsville, Allegany, NY. Doris Comfort Gardner, 86, of 38 Chestnut Street, passed away Saturday (March 13, 2010) at the Wellsville Manor. Born in North Hornell, November 19, 1923, she was the daughter of Dr. Kenneth and Florence Skillman Comfort. She was a graduate of Canisteo Central School, and graduated Cum Laude from Alfred University. She taught business in several area schools prior to opening Gardners Clothing Store in Canisteo in 1954, which she and her husband, Barney Gardner, operated until 1993. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Canisteo. The American Association of University Women and the Alfred Alumni Association. She was predeceased by her parents and her husband, Barney Gardner in 1995. She is survived by her son, Kenneth (Cindy) Gardner, of Canisteo and a granddaughter, Jessica Thompson, of Greer, South Carolina.

Honoring Doris wishes, there will be no calling hours. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at the First United Methodist Church, of Canisteo. Rev. Robert Dean will officiate. Burial will be in Bath National Cemetery. She was buried at Bath National Cemetery in Steuben Co., NY.

Barney Gardner died in 1995.

Doris Comfort-113122 and Barney Gardner-113123 had the following children: