Virgil H. Comstock, of Kenosha, WI, died on November 29, 2024. Virgil was born on February 16, 1930, in Bloomer, WI, the son of the late Horace and Nellie (Stevens) Comstock. Virgil attended schools in Cleveland, WI. While he was a child he loved skating, skiing and sledding. He was one of nine children.
At the age of 21 Virgil went into the Army on April 25,1951 and he served until April 10, 1953. He served overseas during the Korean Conflict and was stationed as a truck driver at Schweinfurt, Germany.
Virgil moved to Kenosha, WI. in 1958 to find work at American Motors, he retired from AMC after 33.5 years. Throughout his life he worked in Thule Greenland and worked in road construction. After he retired from AMC, his wife Janet asked their daughter Christine if she had any work at her upholstery shop and so he started working for her tying springs and ripping down furniture. His other boss Larry said that he was the best at those jobs.
Virgil married the love of his life Janet Brummund, on August 13, 1960, they were married for over 64 years. Virgil would always say he had the best wife ever.
Virgil enjoyed attending church at Holy Nativity/Lakeside Lutheran Church. He loved to go Polka dancing with his wife. He also enjoyed going hunting out west and up-north with his dad and his sons Allen and Martin in Chippewa County. In the later years, he went hunting with his son-in-law Alex and Alex’s dad at the Old Northland Schoolhouse in Iola, WI. He loved to go bowling with his sons and sons-in-law. For years he was on the Royal Upholstery bowling team. He loved fishing with Allen and Martin and his grandchildren. In later years he learned how to golf and was on a senior golf league. He enjoyed golfing with his friends and family.
Dad and Mom attended all their kids, grandkids, and great grandchildren’s activities. He was a lifetime member of the VFW of Kenosha, the UAW of Kenosha, and a former Moose member where he was on a horseshoe team with Alex as his partner. Virgil was always trying new things- He grafted apples on to other trees, made maple syrup from maple trees, turned old refrigerators into smoke houses to smoke fish. Virgil loved to do crossword puzzles; he enjoyed doing picture puzzles with his daughter Elizabeth.
Every year Virgil would pack up the entire family and go on week-long camping trips (that he planned all year long) around the entire country- from Niagara Falls to camping at the Gulf of Mexico. He took an Alaskan Cruise with Janet, Brian, and Joan Comstock. He continued these trips with his wife until he was no longer able to take them.
Virgil was a loving, kind, honest person that loved to joke around. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife Janet; his children, Allen (Kristal) Comstock, Christine (Alex) Sadowski, Martin (Karlinda) Comstock, and Elizabeth (Daniel) Shatkins; his grandchildren, Rachael (Bamm Price) Comstock, Michael (Tina) Shatkins, Samantha (Justin) Berezowitz, Jacob Comstock (Valerie Lynn), Amanda (Geoff) Premo, Heather (Michael VanVleet) Shatkins, Luke (Becca) Comstock, Natalie (Mickenzie Kennedy) Shatkins; great-grandchildren, Ciara Woods, Dionte “JuJu” Dolly Jr., Khalil and Violet Dolly, Sylis, Elijah, and Lincoln Shatkins, Nathaniel, the twins, Lillian and Miriam Premo, and Bennett and Ashton Comstock; his sister, Shirley (Ron) Engelstad; his brother, Steve (Janice) Comstock; in-laws, Arlene Schmidt, Lila Brummund, Susie (Cy) Paulson, Steve (Peggy) Brummond, Jacqueline Brummund, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Edward and Marie Brummund; his brothers, Howard, Harvey, and Brian Comstock; his sisters, Edith Freeman, Charlotte Cartwright, Lila Rose; and his in-laws, George Rose, Ed Freeman, Edwin Brummund, Lois Comstock, Dawn Comstock, Dorothy Comstock, Janice and Kenneth Turner, and Joan Comstock.
Service Date December 8, 2024
SERVICE LOCATION Piasecki Funeral Home
Funeral services with full military honors for Virgil will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at the Piasecki Funeral Home, 3720 39th Ave, Kenosha, WI.
Interment will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, December 9, 2024 in Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
A visitation for Virgil will be held on Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 3:00 p.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial remembrances to Lakeside Lutheran Church, 3833 8th Ave., Kenosha, WI (https://www.lakesidekenosha.org/) or Hospice Alliance, 10220 Prairie Ridge Blvd., Pleasant Prairie, WI (https://www.hospicealliance.org/) would be appreciated.
