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As I have been attempting to write something coherent about Ma’s farm, the results have increasingly sounded like poor rewrites and mash ups of To Sir With Love, The Wind Beneath My Wings, You’re My Hero and Sparky Come Home (those who know will know). All that needs to be said is that Ma was truly the greatest. And, in August of 1992 we held a reunion to let her know how dearly we held her and to fill her house up one more time. Friends, family and neighbours attended and contributed not only to the joie de vivre but to the feast as well … to dear friends; a few memories … (69 images)
And she insisted on being called Ma …
Inga Bertha Gudran (Thomson) Einarson – August 28 1920 – July 27 2000.
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Group photograph at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Alec and Effie Rooks with Ma and sister Sigra (Sarah) Assoignon at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Donna Turton and Butch Moran at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Donna Turton, Michael and Irv Paulson with Butch, Martin Moran, at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Butch Moran and Cathy Vopni at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Gerry Hagman with Arlan and Nigel Turton at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Donna Turton and John Froome at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Ed Potten, Kelly Burton, Maxine Koval and Chris Erickson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Gerry Hagman and Ma at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Tim Erickson playing at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Tim Erickson playing at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Megan Erickson and Christine Paulson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Kelly Burton and Maxine Koval at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Chris Erickson, Maxine Koval, Brian Erickson and Dessa Hockley at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Ma with her grandson, Shaun Einarson, at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Donna and Peter Tait with Frank Sapach at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Tim Erickson playing at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Doug McGill demonstrating the art of unlocking a car with a coat hanger … pretty sure he’s doing it for a friend at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Rob Hooper, Jim Wowchuk, Kevin Clark and Ray Turton at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
South camp at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
John Froome at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Unidentified, Maxine Koval, Lois Einarson and Rob Hooper at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Dave Hansel and Kelly Burton at Ma’s farm reunion Swan River Mb
Kevin Clark, Martin Moran and Doug Magill at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Tim Erickson, morning shower at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Brian Erickson and Denton Hockley at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Nigel and Arlan Turton at reunion at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Butch Martin Moran and Dexter Gretchen at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
… And then another contestant was sent in … Brian Erickson and Dexter Gretchen at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Robin Garvy, Dexter and Chelsea Gretchen at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Denton Hockley at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Frank Sapach and Joanne Cober at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Jim Hooper, Tim Erickson and unidentified at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Chris Erickson, Christine Paulson with Brian and Megan Erickson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Denton and Dessa Hockley at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Kevin Clark, Joanne Cober and Donna Turton at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Cathy Vopni, Butch Moran and Susie Larue at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Unidentified, Donna Tait and Shelley Legebokoff at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
John Einarson, unidentified and Butch Moran at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Butch Moran and Joanne Cober at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Ed Potten , Kelly Burton, Dave Hansel and Jim Hooper at reunion at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River MB
Unidentified, Chris Erickson, Dexter Gretchen with Delilah, Christine and Michael Paulson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Rob Falk, Gord Zamzow and Keith Woolford at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
John Froome (r) looking to steal second on Kelly Burton at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Dexter Gretchen at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
John Einarson at bat at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Brian and Tim Erickson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Trina Hrappstead, Louis Assoignon holding Gene with John Einarson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Second cousins, Trian Hrappstead and Shaun Einarson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Cathy Vopni and Maxine Koval at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Leona DeBruin, Ray and Donna Turton at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Sigra and Gibby Assoignon with Lois Einarson, at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Ma and sister, Sigra Assoignon, at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Effie Rooks, Ma, Lizzie Brandson and Margaret Edkins, at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
John Froome and Alec Rooks handling the barbecue at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Denton Hockley and Tim Erickson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
L. to r. Megan Erickson, Dessa Hockley, Tim and Brian Erickson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
L. to r. John and Lois Einarson, Valerie Wentzel and Rob Falk at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Trish Minish (center) and Wendy Barker (right) admiring a centroid of a complex shape fisherman made by Gibby Assoignon (left) at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Wallace Thompson and Gerald Assoignon at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Gabriel and Louise Assoignon and Wallace Thompson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Jim Wowchuk, Sandra Bullock(?) and Al Trumbley at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
The shanty door at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Trina Hrappstead and Debbie Assoignon at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
L. to r. John Einarson, with Lorne, Florence and Iris Hrappstead at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Second cousins Shaun Einarson and Lisa Assoignon at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
L. to r. unidentified, Jim Wowchuk, Donna Turton, Leona DeBruin, Ray Turton, Kevin Clark and Chris Erickson at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Tim Erickson, Trish Minish and Wendy Barker at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
Rob Barrow at Ma’s farm reunion, Swan River Mb
6 Responses
Best of the best , many good times and people captured for memories
Thank you so much for posting those pictures. Though I was not able to be there due to the birth of my second child, I remember many of the people in those pictures that had come for visits at random times. I miss the farm, my Grandma and all the interesting visits and get-togethers that we had between family, neighbors, friends, and all “ the adopted children” that my Grandma considered her own. She had the biggest heart, liked to hear the latest news and gossip and always make sure anyone who visited was well fed.
Thanks for the memories!
I sure wish I was there just could not get a flight out. Lot of memory’s with a lot of the people.
After seeing this album, I wish I was there….looks like I missed a great time….
What wonderful memories as always. Thank you rob