My father Elmer Leslie Munford is the fourth child of Alfred Munford and Sarah Munford (nee Bramhill). He was born in the sod shack on the north ½ of section 4, township 5, range 7, west of the 3^rd meridian on Nov. 23 / 1923. His schooling was at a country school called Varsity School about 2 miles from home. The trip was made each day on foot or by horse. He quit school in grade 8 to help his father with the farm, and from that day on farming and cattle were his life. As a young man he played hockey in the winter and softball in the summer. There were no indoor skating rinks in those days, you played often on a cleared spot on the river after you had scraped and removed all the snow. Just east of our present home there was a large open area that served as a hockey arena. They had a building beside the river that was known as the skating house that they used for years until it was lost in the spring flood of 1953. Over the years Dad served on many boards and committees. He spent years on the local Credit Union board of directors, -- years on the local Coop Board of Directors, being one of the founding members of our local Coop, --years on the local church board, as well as a number of years as a local Agriculture reporter. Through the years he also coached hockey and baseball for some of the area teams.

Over the years growing up our household was always a busy place. Mom always seemed to have company and babysat children for neighbors on a regular basis. We have a ball diamond on our farm that was set up by Dad and some of the local friends. Every Wednesday evening was ball night for a lot of years, and the Varsity Ladies Aid, a local charity organization had their annual picnic here complete with homemade ice cream and fresh lemonade. Slowly the ball games came to an end as farms got bigger and a lot of the young people left the community for "greener pastures" as the farming way of life did not hold a lot of future.

On Oct. 23 / 1954 he married Emily June Gordon of Orono, Ontario in a quiet ceremony in the family home on the SE ¼ of section 8, township 5, range 7, west of the 3^rd meridian. Dad and Mother worked together and ran the family farm along with Grandpa Munford for a number of years until Dad bought out Grampa in 19--. In the years in between Dad’s sister Lauretta and her husband Leslie Shewan bought the Roy Stinson land (North1/2 of section 33, township 4, range 7, west of the 3^rd meridian) and began to farm along with Dad and Grandpa Munford. Together Dad and Uncle Les built a land base of 1600 acres of good productive farmland.

Elmer and June Munford had a family of six children.
                Gary Dean Munford (Sept 17 / 1955)
                Elaine Ruth Munford
                Keith Ivan Munford
                Marilyn Joyce Munford
                Glen Elmer Munford
                Lisa Ann Munford
 
 

Gary Munford
Gary was born Sept. 17/ 1955 in Mankota Union Hospital. He grew up and went to school in the McCord district up to grade 8, then took his high school in Glentworth, graduating in 1973. He then went on to University in Saskatoon and graduated in 1975 with a Diploma in Agriculture.

In 1976 he married Roxanne Lorenzen. They later separated and were divorced in 1979. Gary returned home and helped on the family farm between other jobs until May 21/1981 when he married Denise Morin of Assiniboia Sask. and they came to the family farm to stay. In 1982 Gary and Denise bought out Leslie and Lauretta Shewan who then retired and moved to Swift Current.

Gary farmed and worked with his father Elmer until 1986 when he and Denise moved to Alberta for a year returning in 1987. Upon returning Gary and Denise bought another 2000 acres of grassland increasing the farm land base to 3600 acres and soon bought out the rest of the land from his father. They then seeded half of the grain land back to grass and increased the cowherd to its present size of 180 cows. In 1996 Gary started up a trucking company with a neighbour and soon had two trucks and three trailers on the road.

Gary’s wife Denise is an avid horseman and trains horses for many different events, currently having one whole wall in the office covered with trophies as testament to her dedication to this demanding sport. In 1997 Denise started a home based business called Pampered Chef, selling kitchen utensils and cooking equipment that has been very rewarding to her.

Gary and Denise have four children:
                Keasto Luke ( May 21/ 1987)
                Terence Lee (March 28 / 1989)
                Gina Tamara (April 20 / 1992)
                Jolene Rose (January 22 / 1996)
 

Elaine Ruth Munford

Elaine was born August 28/ 1960, the first girl of Elmer and June Munford. She was educated at McCord and Glentworth schools, graduating from Glentworth High School in 1978. Her post secondary education was a two-year Secretarial Business Course at Saskatoon Business College in Saskatoon.

She married Garth Flynn of Glentworth on August 1 / 1981. They lived on a farm outside of Glentworth and had two boys.
                Colton (Sept 17 / 1983)
                Larson (February 27 / 1985)

Elaine and Garth were separated in February 1990 and divorced in August 1993.

On April 2 / 1984 Elaine married Brad Reader of Woodrow. Brad farms in the Woodrow area and they live in Glentworth. For a number of years Elaine worked as a Teachers Aid at Glentworth School.

Elaine and Brad have three girls:
                Shenae (May 10 / 1995)
                Skyline (October 21 / 1996)
                Tkeyae (April 27 / 1998)
 

Keith Ivan Munford
Keith Munford was born December 12 / 1961 in Mankota Sask. Keith quit school early and headed for Alberta where he worked as a guide for Warner and Mackenzie guiding and outfitting during the summer for about six years. During the winter months he was employed as a ranch hand at Cochrane Alberta. After leaving the guiding and outfitting business he was employed as a full time ranch hand on some of the larger cattle ranches in the Cochrane area. He now lives in Cochrane with his wife Michelle and two children.

Keith and Michelle Christine Jefferies Hawker were married December 20 / 1986 in Calgary Alberta. Michelle currently has a photography business in and around the Cochrane area. Before they started a family Michelle used to show horses on the Quarter Horse Circuit in Alberta.

Keith and Michelle have two children:
                Dustin Jeffery (June 19 / 1989)
                Shelby June Ivy (August 20 / 1991)

Marilyn Joyce Munford

Marilyn was born May 7 / 1963 in Mankota Sask. Marilyn married William (Bill) Flynn on October 24 / 1981 in McCord Sask. Marilyn and Bill resided in a number of places in their first years of marriage as Bill was a mechanic and they had to go where employment took them. They moved back to the McCord area as soon as the opportunity arrived, bought a mobile home and settled in McCord to raise their family. As soon as the family was old enough Marilyn sought employment and went to work. She is currently the caretaker of the local town hall and the McCord United Church and Bill works at Elm Springs Multipliers a large farrowing operation in the area.

They have two boys:
                Ronald Walter (March 16 / 1982)
                Tyler William (March 1 / 1984)

Glen Elmer Munford

Glen was born August 1/ 1968 in Kincaid Sask. Glen left school early and tried his hand at various means of employment before moving to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan to work as a salesman for Flaman Sales LTD a retailer of short line agriculture equipment. Glen married Michelle Janine Anderson of Conox, B. C. on February 25 / 1995 in Prince Albert. Shortly after they moved to Morris, Manitoba where Glen currently has a business building computer web sites.
 
 
 

Glen has a daughter: Stephanie Lynn (May 4 / 1991) her mother is Delores Lasks formerly of Prince Albert.

Glen and Michelle have two children:
                Kimber Emily (September 4/ 1994)
                Brooke Margaret (December 16/ 1997)
 

Lisa Ann Munford

Lisa was born November 24 / 1969 in Kincaid Sask. After graduating she took a HairDresser’s Course at Artistic Beauty Salon in Moose Jaw and graduated "Most Likely to Succeed" by her fellow classmates. She worked as a hair dresser in Moose Jaw for a time, then as a sales clerk at Peavy Mart in Assiniboia until she married Nevin Stangler on April 18 / 1992. They then moved to Scout Lake south of Assiniboia to where Nevin farms with his father.

Lisa and Nevin have three children:
                Amanda Emily (April 18 / 1994)
                Damon John (September 15 / 1995)
                Tia Sara (March 17 / 1998)