While our world has dimmed considerably, Heaven got one of its brightest angels. Don Comer was a giant, a shooting star that blazed a trail of kindness and goodness that's seldom been matched. When people speak of the greatest generation, he defined it.

Born in Bascom, Ohio; he was a Navy man in WWII who served on the ARD-13 off the coast of Okinawa; a truck driver first with Mohawk and then Central Transport; a lifelong member of his churches - Trinity UCC, then United Baptist Church, and now St. John's UCC; a volunteer for the homeless and hungry at the Ecumenical Sharing Kitchen at St. Paul's.

He was born into a family of ten brothers and sisters just before the start of the Great Depression during which his family lost their home and everything his father had built. He is survived by his three children: Connie, Frank (Kaye) and Kevin (Rick); his five grandchildren, Sharon (Jeff), Tim (Miranda), Ashlee, Jeff (Tara), and Don (Nate); step-grandchildren Shan, Lance, and Trey; great-grandchildren Dalton, Cody, Cody, Ryan, Katara, Cooper, Wyatt, Kia, Chaneice, Spencer and Jacob; and great-great-grandchildren Jameson, William, Mila, and Jocelyn.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Comer; parents, Rosie and Lewis Comer; his brothers and sisters, Esther Colvin, Thelma King, Melvin Comer, Evelyn Berrier, Vera Adams, James Comer, Paul Comer, and two babies who died during birth, Dorothy and Doyle.

He had many families besides ours that were important to him. Our family would like to thank his families at Bob Evans, Panera, McDonalds, Arby's, Kroger, his churches, and the thousands of friends he made while sitting on a bench in the mall waiting on Mom to finish shopping, or just standing in line waiting for a coffee.

The lessons he imparted are far too many to list, but to us one of the most impactful was when asked about his years of volunteer work with the poor and hungry and he would say that "It isn't our job to decide if someone has made the right decisions in their life that result in homelessness or hunger. There's no need to think about it. If we see someone who's hungry, we feed them. If we see someone who's homeless, we house them." He was a hero to many, and a friend to all. Rest easy. Know that all is well.

A Funeral Service will be at 1:00 P.M. on Friday, February 4, 2022 at Hoffmann-Gottfried-Mack Funeral Home & Crematory, 236 South Washington Street, Tiffin, Ohio 44883, (419) 447-2424 with Rev. Audra Ferguson officating.  Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery.

Friends may visit with the family from 10:00 A.M. until the time of the Service on Friday at the funeral home.  Military honors will be conducted by the United Veterans Council.

The family requests that donations in his memory be made to the Ecumenical Sharing Kitchen at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 46 Madison Street, Tiffin, OH 44883.

Condolences may be sent and the guestbook signed at www.hgmackfuneralhome.com.