Arthur Chomor

ARTHUR STEVEN CHOMOR August 15, 1916 - December 24, 2009 Resident of Pittsburg On December 24, 2009, Contra Costa County lost one of their most devoted and tenacious public servant and leader, Arthur Steven Chomor, who died on heart failure. He was 93 years old. Chomor is survived by his daughters, Stephanie Ann Andres of Alameda, California and Jennifer Lee Chomor Berman of Dublin, California; his grandchildren, Frances William Andres of Livermore, California, Margaret Lily Andres-Notley of Portland, Oregon, Damara Lily Weisshar of San Mateo, California, and August Arthur Berman of Dublin, California; one great grandchild, Benjamin Ari Weisshar of San Mateo, California. Arthur Chomor started his life in 1916 in Warren, Ohio and later moved to Antioch, where he graduated from Antioch High School. He received his B.A. Degree in Accounting and a Minor in Social Science from San Jose State University. He did postgraduate work at Harvard University and Boston University. After University, Chomor worked for Dow Chemical Company as an Accountant Supervisor. He met his wife, Lillian Allen Mellor, in 1940 and they were married on June 7, 1942. However, shortly after the marriage, Chomor was drafted into the Army. Once the Army realized Chomor had an accounting degree, they placed him in charge of the Army payroll and head of the accounting medic department in France. After returning from the war, Chomor and his wife, Lillian, set up home in Port Chicago, California, where he resided for 18 years until the town was taken over by the Navy in 1968. During the time he resided in Port Chicago, he became the community leader and town spokesman. He sat on the board of directors of the Los Medanos Hospital District as board President or Treasurer for 28 years. He was President of the West Pittsburg Alliance, Treasurer of the Contra Costa Planning Committee and President of the Bay Point Elementary School and Pacifica High School P.T.A. and received the School Bell Awards for each. Chomor retired in 1978 from Phillip Pertoleum Company but continued to stay active with his private Accounting practice and his many community service positions that included the Bay Point Redevelopment Project Committee, BART Specific Plan Committee until about 2003, when he became unable to physically continue to do so. Chomor was once quoted as saying "I've been to a lot of places and have done a lot of things. I've had a full life. You might say I've had nine lives" A graveside funeral service will take place on Wednesday, December 30 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Concord, California. Friends are invited to attend.