MILLICENT REDFORD

Millicent Alfreda Salway Redford died June 11, 2021 in Eugene, at the age of 92. She is to be buried beside her husband Glynn Owen Redford in the Leavitt, Alberta, Canada cemetery.

Millie was born August 15, 1928 to Martha Helm and John Barlow Salway in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and spent her childhood in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Married Glynn Owen Redford in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Idaho Falls Temple in 1950.

Her husband of 68 years, Glynn Redford, passed away 2019 in Eugene, Oregon. Millie is survived by five children: Rodney (JoDean) of Moses Lake, Washington, Derek (Betty) of Boise, Idaho, Randal (Fawn) of Eugene, Oregon, Robbe (Julie) Sandpoint, Idaho, Lori Rainsdon (Gary) of Twin Falls, Idaho. Two brothers: Alfred Salway of Missoula and Jack Salway of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. A brother–in-law John Redford (Debbie) of Moses Lake, Washington, twenty-six grandchildren and sixty-four great grandchildren.

Millie graduated as a Registered nurse in 1950 and moved to Cardston to work in the Cardston Hospital where she met her husband Glynn Redford. She worked as a nurse in Alberta, Montana, Utah, and in Oregon. In 1967 at the State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, she was certified as a psychiatric nurse, where she supervised the 160 bed medical unit for ten years.

In 1976 Glynn and Millie purchased Pleasant Valley, a 60-bed nursing home in Eugene, Oregon which they managed until 1987 when they built a 120-bed facility near Valley River Mall and named it Riverpark. Together they operated Riverpark until 1995, then sold the business and went on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. She became a U.S. citizen in 2000. Millie liked to travel and had traveled the United States with Glynn in their motor home. Millie also visited Hawaii 3 times, England, France and Italy.

Following their mission, Millie and Glynn served in the Portland Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for 10 years. Millie spent the remaining days looking after her husband, quilting, writing the Ward History, and wrote a book for the family: “Finding Our Way”. She actively researched family history all her life.