After having been in poor health for several weeks, James Comingore, 58 years old, died Friday morning at his home in Summum.
James Harvey Comingore was born at Summum, Dec. 20, 1875. His father, David B. Comingore, and his mother Mary Ann Shawgo Comingore, two brothers, George W. and David S., and one sister, Mary, have all preceded him in death. Surviving him is one brother Frank, of Canton and one sister Lizzie, of Summum, with whom he has lived for many years.
“Jim” arrived at the threshold of three score years, spending the time of his life span in Summum, where he was well known to all of her inhabitants. He loved life in its simple meaning. He carried no desire for fame or riches, content to accept an income commensurate only with his physical necessities derived from an honest pursuit of his vocation — that of our village blacksmith. He met the vicissitudes of life complacently, never murmuring about the way which he was obliged to travel. He departs this life without an enemy. His acquaintances without exception were his friends. He had a keen sense of his shortcomings but shielded his friends from the remorse they occasioned. For many years “Jim” has made a genuine effort to conform his conduct to the teachings of Christ by uniting with the church and identifying himself with the local Sunday school where on numerous occasions he has made musical contributions from the cornet he cherished. It is a sad fact that in this work-a-day world where selfish aims and selfish ambitions dominate the lives of men; a man may miss the recognition of proper appraisal and worth as he treads the way of life, to demand at the time of his death a belated inventory of virtue. For all that he was, his thoughts, his acts, his virtues and his vices, there are none but those who are grieved at his passing, and mourn the cessation of a life that existed without enemies.
Funeral services were held at the Summum Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, conducted by Rev. R. D. Freleigh. Interment in Summum cemetery.
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