Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Comini, James "Jim" Lee January 25, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, January 27, 2004
    Longtime civic leader and former Wasco County Commissioner James “Jim” Lee 
Comini, 73, The Dalles, died in a care facility in West Linn on Sunday, Jan. 
25, 2004. 
     He was born Sept. 19, 1930 in The Dalles, the third of four children to 
Luigi Mario and Florence (Iams) Comini. He attended St. Mary’s Academy through 
the eighth grade and graduated from The Dalles High School.
     Mr. Comini worked for Oregon State Forestry from 1948 until entering the 
U.S. Army in March 1951. He served with the 34th Combat Engineers’ Battalion 
and was discharged in March 1953. 
     He served as Wasco County Fire Chief from 1953 until starting with The 
Dalles Fire Department on Aug. 1, 1954, serving until Aug. 1, 1969. He owned 
and operated the Union Oil Distributorship in The Dalles from 1965 until 1973. 
On May 1, 1974, he purchased The Dalles Liquor Store and operated it until his 
retirement in March 1997. 
     He served as a Wasco County commissioner for two terms in the late 1970s 
and ’80s, as well as on the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center board, Ft. Dalles 
Museum board and the board of Liquor Agents Association, where he had been an 
officer. He was a member of Eagles Lodge and American Legion and a past member 
of Elks Lodge #303 and Wasco County Sheriff’s Reserve. 
     Mr. Comini is survived by his wife, Laura Morris Comini, whom he married 
Feb. 17, 1955, in The Dalles; his son, Ron Comini; his daughter, Angela Comini 
and her children, Ben Slusher, Rebecca Denley and Jacob Comini, all of The 
Dalles; his twin brother and wife, Ted and Dale Comini, Prineville; their 
children, Debbie, Salem; Lenna, Portland and Jeff, Prinville; his brother, 
Lynn and wife, Shirley Comini, John Day and their daughter, Lisa Haindel, 
Bend; sister-in-law, Mamie Comini and her daughter, Karen Myers, both of 
Thousand Oaks, CA. He was preceded in death by his brother, Cal Comini on Jan. 
23, 2003.
     Graveside services will be held in the Veterans’ Section at IOOF Three 
Mile Cemetery on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004 at 11 a.m. with Asa Jenson and Pastor 
John Westhafer officiating. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care 
of arrangements. 
     Memorials may be made to Ft. Dalles Museum, 300 West 13th St., The 
Dalles, Ore. 97058 or Hospice of The Gorge, 751 Myrtle St., The Dalles, Ore. 
97058.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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