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Vera Maxine Bain Comstock

Birth	:	29 Aug 1916 Anderson County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	3 Oct 2015 Prescott, Linn County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Colony Cemetery, Colony, Anderson County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.0652700, -95.3634000
Description	:	SOURCE: The Iola Register, Oct 5, 2015: Vera Maxine (Bain) Comstock, age 99, of Colony, Kansas passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas where she lived the last eight years. Vera was born to Floris and Edna (Brown) Bain on August 29, 1916 in Colony, Kansas. Vera grew up on what is known as the Bain Farm East of Colony, Kansas. She attended a one room school known as the Liztown School until graduating from the eighth grade. She told many stories of riding her beloved horse, Petty, to school. She graduated from Colony High School... Read More	SOURCE: The Iola Register, Oct 5, 2015: Vera Maxine (Bain) Comstock, age 99, of Colony, Kansas passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas where she lived the last eight years. Vera was born to Floris and Edna (Brown) Bain on August 29, 1916 in Colony, Kansas. Vera grew up on what is known as the Bain Farm East of Colony, Kansas. She attended a one room school known as the Liztown School until graduating from the eighth grade. She told many stories of riding her beloved horse, Petty, to school. She graduated from Colony High School in 1935 as Valedictorian. After graduation from high school, she attended Pittsburg State University where a Professor invited her to her Sunday school class. She accepted Christ as her savior and was baptized at the Church where her professor was a great Christian mentor to her. With one year of college, she took her first teaching job at Gallia School, a one room schoolhouse located north of Colony. It was while teaching at Gallia School that Orval Comstock and Vera met and later married on May 21, 1938, at Iola, Kansas. After her three sons were in school, Vera went back to teaching. She taught at Mildred and later many years at Colony. Vera finished her college degree attending summers and nights at Allen County Community College and Emporia State Teachers College where she was one of the top nine students out of 244 students. She also helped her husband with farming any way she could while keeping up with many needs of her children and home. Vera belonged and often served as an officer in many Colony Clubs. She also conducted a Good News Club weekly in her home for 18 years. She would often teach the children Bible stories and Bible songs while playing the keyboard. When she retired, she traveled to Israel, Denmark, and took mission trips to South America with OMS Missionary Society. Vera and a friend also loved to visit and hold Bible Studies with people in Iola, Kansas nursing homes. She will always be known for her infectious laugh and determination to live life to the fullest. She believed to live one day at a time trusting her Lord and Savior. Vera was preceded in death by her husband, Orval Comstock; parents, Floris & Edna Bain; two sisters, Yvonne McGhee and Fern McKee; brother, Bill Bain; great grand-daughters, Danielle Rae Comstock & Marissa Grace Hendrix. She is survived by her three sons and their spouses, Donald Comstock and wife Pat of Kansas City, Kansas; David Comstock and wife Glenda of Colony, Kansas; John Comstock and wife Karen of Ottawa, Kansas; one sister, Carol Chroust and husband Jim of Wilmington, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Leslie Benson and husband Bruce of Kansas City, Kansas; Staci Bland and husband Don of Canada; Shawn Comstock of Burlington, Kansas; Audra Miller of Joplin, Missouri; Michelle Hendrix of Colony, Kansas; Kim Smith and husband Jason of Wellsville, Kansas; John E. Comstock and wife Amy of Gardner, Kansas. She has 21 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Colony. Burial will follow in the Colony Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Colony Ballpark Association.

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Vera Maxine Bain Comstock's memorial is located at: Colony Cemetery, Colony, Anderson County, USA.
When did Vera Maxine Bain Comstock death?
Vera Maxine Bain Comstock death on 3 Oct 2015 in Prescott, Linn County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 38.0652700
Longitude: -95.3634000

Family Members:

Parent

Floris Monta “Flossie” Bain

(1894 - 1960)

Edna Josephine Brown Bain

(1899 - 1973)

Spouse

Orval Henry Comstock

(1916 - 1973)

Siblings

Yvonne Helen Bain McGhee

(1914 - 2001)

Fern Marie “Tootsie” Bain McKee

(1918 - 1978)

Billy Floris “Bill” Bain

(1923 - 1985)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Colony Cemetery
Colony, Anderson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0652700, -95.3634000

2. Ozark Cemetery #1
Anderson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0424200, -95.2992300

3. Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0093994, -95.3328018

4. Carlyle Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.0139008, -95.4122009

5. County Poor Farm Cemetery
Carlyle, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0033700, -95.4088200

6. Jordan-Gantt Families Pioneer Cemetery
Carlyle, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9825500, -95.3569300

7. Lone Elm Cemetery
Lone Elm, Anderson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0882988, -95.2422028

8. Wardell Cemetery
Anderson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1697006, -95.3533020

9. Geneva Cemetery
Geneva, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0127983, -95.4811020

10. Carpenter Cemetery
Iola, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9763985, -95.4552994

11. Welda Cemetery
Welda, Anderson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1808014, -95.2966995

12. Highland Cemetery
Iola, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9385986, -95.4021988

13. Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery
Gas, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9317017, -95.3371964

14. Logue Cemetery
Le Roy, Coffey County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0738983, -95.5361023

15. Mont Ida Cemetery
Mont Ida, Anderson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2064018, -95.3692017

16. Gas City Cemetery
Gas, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9255486, -95.3362656

17. Burnham English Infant Burial Site
Iola, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9237930, -95.4009080

18. Mount Zion Cemetery
Kincaid, Anderson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1046982, -95.1864014

19. Townsend Family Cemetery
Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9737600, -95.5059300

20. Iola Cemetery
Iola, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9225100, -95.4140700

21. Westphalia City Cemetery
Westphalia, Anderson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1773700, -95.4901100

22. Saint Teresa's Cemetery
Westphalia, Anderson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.1880989, -95.4981003

23. Brubaker Family Cemetery
Iola, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9201600, -95.4557500

24. Preston Cemetery
Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9265976, -95.4773712