Thursday, February 26, 2009
Robert T. Comfort Sr., 81, a retired auto dealership owner and automobile general sales manager, died Feb. 6 at
Suburban Hospital of complications from heart bypass surgery in December.
Mr. Comfort retired in 1996 as general sales manager at Hill and Sanders Ford in Wheaton after nearly 20 years with
that dealership.
He spent the majority of his early career at Monroe Ford in Silver Spring, where he worked his way up from auto parts
manager to part-owner of the business.
At several points, he was among the top Ford salesmen in the country, his family said.
Robert Thomas Comfort was born in St. Louis and raised in the Washington area. He was a 1944 graduate of
Coolidge High School and an Army veteran of World War II.
His memberships included Forcey Memorial nondenominational church in Silver Spring, the American Legion and the
Kiwanis Club.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Edith Sheffield Comfort of Silver Spring; two children, Robert Comfort Jr. of Olney
and Linda Mullings of Silver Spring; a sister, Louise Andrews of Wheaton; and four grandchildren.
-- Adam Bernstein