Sean Patrick Comerford, a former 21-year resident of Pacific Palisades, passed away on June 3 at his home in Tennessee. Sean, diagnosed with Crohn’s disease several years ago, died of colon cancer. He was 45. Born in Santa Monica on February 4, 1962, Sean attended Corpus Christi Elementary School, St. Monica’s High School and Santa Monica College. He played baseball at the Palisades Recreation Center and Pop Warner football. He was a member of Boy Scout Troop 486 and earned a third degree black belt in Yoshukai karate. He worked part-time for Palisades Drug Store, the Palisades Magic Shop, and the Ostrich Sound Company, where he set up sound equipment for high schools, local theatres, private parties and rallies. Sean learned scuba diving in high school and was an instructor from 1980 to 1998. He was well known at the YMCA pool in Temescal Canyon, along beaches from Santa Monica to the Ventura County Line, and on Catalina Island and the Channel Islands. He married Vanessa Phelps of West Virginia on March 19, 1989, in Harmony, California. He and his family moved to Nashville in 1998, where they started the Prexous Cottage Farm, breeding Lamancha goats. Sean is survived by his wife Vanessa, daughters Marina and Jordan, and son Andrew. His sister, Laura, is supervisor of the Animal Care Program at Rutgers University. His father and mother are Ross and Peg Jordan, formerly of Jordan Appliance in Marquez. They can be reached at P.O. Box 186, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. If you wish to make a contribution to Crohn’s disease research and/or colon cancer research at the American Cancer Society, it would be greatly appreciated by many. A service and wake will be held in July.
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