Husband of Myrtle Cairns. Father of Donald of Churchill; Douglas and his wife Ruth of Toronto; Grace and her husband Ross Elliott of Bradford; Margaret and her husband David Ashworth of Sharon; Helen and her husband Marvin Myhre of Fonthill; Garry and his wife Sharon of Thornton; and Brian and his wife Sharon of West Hill. Brother of the late Girvan Sawyer and his wife Ruth of Gilford. Funeral service held at Lathangue and Skwarchuk Funeral Home, Bradford. Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery, Coulson's Hill.