Rev. John Jay Comerford

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Modell Funeral Home & Cremation Services - Darien

Posted events

September 7, 2025

Sep

Visitation

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

National Shrine of St. Therese

8501 Bailey Road, Darien, IL 60561

Sep

Mass of Christian Burial

7:00 p.m.

National Shrine of St. Therese

8501 Bailey Road, Darien, IL 60561

Modell Funeral Home & Cremation Services - Darien

Posted an obituary

September 7, 2025

John Comerford Obituary

Rev. John Jay Comerford, O.Carm., known to most as "Fr. Jay", died on September 5, 2025, at the age of 77, at the St. Patrick Residence in Naperville, Illinois. The visitation for Fr. Jay will be held at 5:00 PM, Tuesday, September 9, at t... Read John Comerford's Obituary