Lloyd Garth Burnham was born to Kenneth and Fern Burnham in St. Thomas, ON Sept. 12th, 1944. While his Dad was away serving in the air force in WWII, the family moved to Rosthern, SK, where his mom’s parents lived. Lloyd was an excellent student winning many awards and was chosen to be his class valedictorian. He also played several sports excelling in hockey.
After graduation at 17, he joined the military headed off to Royal Roads College to begin his military training and play on the college hockey team the Fraser Flight. After 2 years he switched to Royal Military College and completed his degree in General Sciences and played a prominent role for the RMC Redmen.
After completing his studies, he was posted to Ottawa. One of Lloyd’s first postings was to North Bay where he met and married Isabel. They started a family that grew to 2 children and three grandchildren. Other postings followed to Germany, Borden, Moose Jaw and Winnipeg a couple of times. He was one of those responsible for designing the coloured smoke that trailed from the Snowbirds planes. After retirement he spent time working with the reserves and on a project restructuring military bases.
In retirement he played golf and ball and became a talented woodworker making chairs, kitchen sets etc. After the passing of his first wife Isabel, he later married Linda Simpson. He died in 2022 a proud officer who had served 35 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force.