Historic Sites of Manitoba: Medora Methodist Church / Medora United Church Monument (Medora, Municipality of Brenda-Waskada)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A monument at Medora, in the Municipality of Brenda-Waskada, was dedicated on 19 November 1978 to commemorate the Medora United Church. The monument was topped with the original bell that had hung in the church tower until 1978. A wood frame church building was constructed here in 1903, becoming Medora United Church in 1925. Closed in mid-1996, the building was demolished in the winter of 2005-2006.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1903-1905	Rev. Andrews
1905-1906	Rev. P. I. Thacker
1906-1907	Rev. Talbot
1907-1910	Rev. Bluett
1910-1911	Rev. Callow
1911-1914	Rev. Barber
1914-1915	Rev. Stook
1915-1916	Rev. Haskins
1916-1919	Rev. Rowan
1919-1922	Rev. Patterson
1922-1924	Rev. Lord
1924-1925	Rev. Parson
1925-1928	Rev. Graham
1928-1930	Rev. Haw
1930-1934	Rev. Dodd
1934-1935	Rev. Bygranes
1935-1940	Rev. Wotton
1940-1942	Rev. Wyman
1942-1949	Rev. D. A. McLean
1949-1952	Rev. W. O. Robinson
1952-1957	Mr. Young
1957-1961	Rev. Suitters
1961-1969	Rev. Nagus
1969-1970	Rev. Brown
1970-1975	Rev. Lloyd Lovering
1975-1983	Rev. Allan Saunders
1983-1988	Rev. Nancy Saunders
1988-1991	Brenda Kersell
1991-1995	Leon Hrabachuk
1995-1996	Shelley LeVene

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Medora Methodist Church (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2014-0111 The former Berry Hill School attached to the Medora United Church (1975) Source: The Rise and Fall of a Prairie Town, A History of Lauder by Gordon G. Phillips. Medora United Church commemorative monument (July 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.25628, W100.69719 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Bridging Brenda, Volume 1 by Brenda History Committee, 1990, page 254.

Bridging Brenda, Volume 3 by Brenda-Waskada History Committee, 2019, pages 140-141.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 September 2020

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