John Christian Comer was born to John William Comer and Clara Mercedes Edel Comer in Longview, Texas on October 23, 1940, where he joined his sister Patricia. Raised in Stillwater, Oklahoma, he at tended Oklahoma State University and was a life-long Cowboy fan, unless the Washington Huskies were playing. John also served in the Army Reserves.

In college, John married Sara Dellasega and they had a son, Christopher. After graduating, in 1965 the family moved to the Pacific Northwest where John began his career with The Boeing Company and they had their daughter, Jennifer.

In 1977, John moved to Whidbey Island. He married Marcia Jacobsen Black and spent the next 49 years as an “island guy” commuting on the ferry and building a home surrounded by forest before downsizing and moving into town

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