Rev. Roland S. Stanford

1920 - 2016  (95 years)

• Name	Roland S. Stanford
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	17 Feb 1920	Oxford, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Jan 2016	Falmouth, MA
  Buried	23 Apr 2016	Cape Elizabeth, Riverside Cemetery
  Person ID	I1468	James and Susanna (Belbin) Stoyles
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Rev. Archibald Stanford,   b. 15 Sep 1889, Northern Bight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 7 Feb 1974, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Gertrude (Gertie) Evelena Myers,   b. 16 Jan 1896, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	19 Dec 1917	Cole Harbour, Guysborough, Nova Scotis   [1]
  	Name: Archibald Stanford Gender: Male Marriage Date: 1917 Marriage Place: Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada Marriage Registration Year: 1917 Spouse: Gertie E. Myers Witnesses: Robert G. Myers and Edna Monroe Married by Rev. George W. Henderson, Pentecostal
  Family ID	F312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	1952
  Children	1. Geofrey Stanford,   b. 24 Aug 1953, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 2002, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  FALMOUTH, MA - Roland Stanford passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 at Falmouth Hospital with his wife Phyllis Stanford by his side. Many family members and friends visited with and cared for him in the hours, days, and weeks prior. Born in Oxford, Nova Scotia on Feb. 17, 1920, He was the son of Rev. Archibald Stanford and Gertrude (Myers) Stanford, the oldest of their 9 children. He was educated in "red schoolhouses all over PEI" until he went to Eastern Nazarene College at age 16 to finish High School, he was "born of the Spirit" while there in 1937 and went on graduate from ENC, class of 1944. After graduation he was offered a scholarship at Harvard Divinity School, but chose instead to pastor a small church in PEI. Ordained in the Church of the Nazarene in 1948, he pastored in Framingham, MA; Trenton, NS, and Montreal, Quebec where he met and married Phyllis Alexander (RN) in 1952. As Pastor, Pianist, Choir director, VBS director, Sunday School teacher, they made a talented, unified team. He adored her all his days, and she got the last smile of his life. They had three children, Geoffrey Stanford, (born Montreal, deceased 2002 amid great sorrow for the family), Lianne Carbone of Falmouth, MA, and Connie Stanford of Prescott, Arizona. They also pastored in London, Ontario; Flushing, NY, Edison, NJ, Bath, Toronto, Ontario; and Cape Elizabeth. He did graduate work at McGill University and The Biblical Seminary in New York City. He drove a school bus for a time in Edison, NJ and served as Chaplain in Flushing, NY and Interim Chaplain at Maine Medical Center. He was youth camp director, and Phyllis, camp nurse, while they pastored on the New York and Maine districts. He volunteered with Ingraham Volunteers in Portland and rode a bike around Cape Elizabeth for 15 years. He loved gardening in Cape Elizabeth and Freeport, where they lived just after 'retirement'. He loved growing parsnips the most. These are only a few of the many things he did over the years with only one desire from his labors, that others would see Christ in him and find God. In his words, at the same time

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, (n.d.), marriage certificate. (Reliability: 3).