John Walter Burdett Redford

REDFORD John Redford passed away May 18, 2008, at his home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 23, 2008, in the main sanctuary of Country Club Christian Church, 6101 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Mo. The family suggests memorials to the John B. Redford Educational Fund at the University of Kansas Hospital, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., KC, KS 66160. John was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, August 7, 1928, to Captain Walter and Joyce Redford. He attended Victoria elementary and high schools and attended medical school at the University of Toronto in Canada. He met his wife, Louise, a nurse, at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. They were married 54 years. John did his residency in Rehab Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Subsequently, he practiced in Seattle, Richmond, Va., and Edmonton, Alberta. In 1974, he came to Kansas City as Chairman of the Rehabilitation Dept. at KU Medical Center. John is survived by his wife, Louise, and six children, John, Paul, Andrew, Thomas, Peter and Margi, their spouses, and six grandchildren, Hannah, Nicholas, Emma, Matthew, Leo and Francis. His passion for medicine was complemented by his love of gardening, painting, bicycling and his dearly loved family. His family and friends will greatly miss him. Inurnment will be in the family plot in Victoria, B.C. (Arr.: Joseph A Butler and Son Funeral Home, 19th and Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS 66102, 913-371-7000.)