EXHIBIT 32

                 STRATFORD AMERICAN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Stratford American Corporation and
Subsidiaries (the Company) on Form 10-QSB for the period ending June 30, 2003 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
Report), we, Mel L. Shultz, President and Director of the Company, David H.
Eaton, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company, and
Daniel E. Matthews, Controller, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the report fully complies with the requirements
of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.



/s/  Mel L. Shultz
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Mel L. Shultz, President and Director
August 14, 2003



/s/  David H. Eaton
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David H. Eaton, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
August 14, 2003



/s/  Daniel E. Matthews
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Daniel E. Matthews, Controller, Secretary and Treasurer
August 14, 2003










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