Hazel F. Comer

**Hazel F. Comer**, 85, of Greensburg, formerly of Napoleon passed away Friday, February 22, 2013 at the Aspen Place Health Campus in Greensburg. She was born at Friendship on April 3, 1927 the daughter of Albert and Fannie Mae Craig Doyle. She was married to Norman Comer on June 18, 1949 and he survives. Other survivors include one son Duane (Joyce) Comer of Greensburg; three daughters Cynthia (Tom) Rimstidt of Osgood, Linda (Fred) Cook of Canton, Ohio, and Vickie Youngman of Greensburg; 11 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren; one brother Walter (Jean) Doyle of Columbus, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Lawrence Doyle and Alvin Doyle, and her sisters Marie Roberts, Ruth Shepherd, and Thelma Doyle. Hazel was a 1945 graduate of Napoleon High School and had worked as a Title 1 Assistant in reading and math at the New Point and North Decatur Elementary schools. She enjoyed gardening, her flowers, cooking, and her family. During their life together, she and Norman traveled throughout the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, and overseas to Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Russia, and Europe. She was a 4-H club leader in Decatur County for twenty years for the Smyrna Guys and Gals and had coached the National Junior Horticulture Association Demonstration Team to a national championship in 1972. She received the Decatur County Extension Certificate of Distinction in 1991. Hazel was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Smyrna, Decatur County Rural Couples, and was a former member of the Live and Learn Home Ec Club. She and Norman had also been vendors at the farmer's markets in Osgood and Batesville. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 2 at 11am at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Smyrna with Pastors Chad Adamik and Doug Brougher officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery at Napoleon. Visitation will be Friday, March 1 from 5pm to 8pm at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles and from 10am until time of services Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Memorials may be given to the Decatur County Hospice, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, or Riley Hospital for Children in care of the funeral home.