Lynn Thomas Richman (1928–2022)

Lynn Thomas Richman

Lynn Thomas Richman’s parents are Leon Sinfield Richman and Boston Obray Thomas.
Lynn was born December 13, 1928 and died July 15, 2022.
Photos of Lynn & Mary Richman’s family are on Mary Richman’s page.
Watch videos of Lynn Richman on the Richman Family YouTube Channel.

Marriages

Kathryn Joyce Seely, April 1967

Lynn’s first wife was Kathryn Joyce Seely (known as Joyce). Lynn and Joyce are the parents of four children: Jeffrey Lynn Richman (who married Don Peterson),
Larry Leon Richman (who married Teri Lee Jackman), Joy Lynn Richman (who married Blair Jacobson), and Ricky Lynn Richman (who married Wendy Tillery).

Mary Elizabeth Smith

Lynn’s second wife is Mary Elizabeth
Smith. Lynn and Mary are the parents of five children: Julie Ann Richman, Jennifer Lynn Richman, Becky Lynn Richman, David Thomas Richman, and Elizabeth Ann Richman.

Mary Elizabeth Smith‘s first husband was Edgar Thomas Hawkins (known as Ted). Mary and Ted are the parents of two children: Tonya
Gayle Hawkins and Marjorie Hawkins. See the Hawkins family group sheet

Personal Records

Read Lynn’s life history: web page or printable PDF.
Lynn’s funeral: watch video, listen to the audio, see the program page 1 and page 2. Larry Richman’s talk at the funeral.
Birth certificate
LDS membership records for Boston, Leon, Lynn, Reta, and baby
Personal Record sheet
Baptism certificate and Baptism and Confirmation sheet
Aaronic Priesthood sheet
Melchizedek Priesthood sheet
Priesthood ordination certificates
Information about the home in Brigham at 134 West Third South that Lynn and Joyce purchased on December 26, 1957.
High council in Boise, Idaho: article about calling, letter of appreciation from
stake presidency, photo 1, photo 2.
Letter of appreciation from J. Richard Clarke.
Letter to Lynn’s children from Richard Salisbury.
Lynn’s recognitions from S&H. Additional letters: 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Lynn’s navy papers. Lynn served in the Navy Reserve for 4 years (ending August 4,
1951). He was drafted into active duty, but that was deferred because he had a wife and baby. See his Navy discharge certificate front and back. Envelopes. Selective Service classification card (front and back).
Lynn recounts key life events to his high priest group in about 2013, or it could have been 2001 (audio file).

Child

Lynn Richman, 4 months

Lynn Richman, baby

Reese, Lynn Richman, Ralph in 1929

Lynn Richman and his dad Leon Richman, Feb 14, 1929

Lynn and his dad Leon Richman

Lynn Richman, 1930

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Lynn Richman, boy

Lynn Richman, boy with hat in the foreground

School

Lynn’s 1st grade class 1935-36. See the back of the picture.

Lynn’s 2nd grade class. See the back of the picture.

Lynn Richman, 6th grade, 1940-41, front row 5th from the left

Lynn Richman, 8th grade school photo, 1943-44, 1st pose. Lynn is front row 3rd from left with chain on belt. Glen Seely is front row 4th from right in scout uniform.

Lynn Richman, 8th grade school photo, 1943-44, 2nd pose. Lynn is front row 3rd from left with chain on belt. Glen Seely is front row 4th from right in scout uniform.

Lynn’s yearbook in 1943, 8th grade

Lynn’s yearbook in 1944, Freshman Year

Lynn’s yearbook in 1945, Sophomore Year

Lynn’s yearbook in 1946, Junior Year

See pages from Lynn’s high school yearbook 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947.

See pages from Lynn’s high school yearbook 1947.

Lynn Richman’s high school diploma

See Lynn’s commencement program from Box Elder High School, May 25, 1947

Lynn Richman’s seminary graduation certificate, signed by George Albert Smith (who was then President of the Church and the President of the Church Board of Education). See the program for the seminary graduation commencement exercises, page 1 and page 2.

Lynn’s high school reunion. Lynn is 8th from the right on the 3rd row. Glen Seely is back row 4th from the left

Youth

Reta, Boston, and Lynn

Lynn Richman with cousins Colleen and Bobby

Lynn Richman, age 13

Lynn Richman, age 16, 1944

Lynn Richman dressed for his job at Maddox

Lynn in 1946

Lynn Richman in 1946

Lynn Richman, 1945-46, junior picture, age 18

Lynn Richman, 1946-47, senior picture

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Lynn Richman, 1946-47

Duane Parsons and Lynn on a road trip in 1941 Chevy, Summer 1945 or 1946

Lynn, Joe Ward, and Duane Parsons on a road trip in 1941 Chevy, Summer 1945 or 1946

Joe Ward on a road trip in 1941 Chevy, Summer 1945 or 1946

Reta, Lynn, and Boston

Lynn Richman and Dale Harding in 1948

Lynn’s First 15 Cars

1929 Chevy Roadster Convertible (red, purchased in 1943 at
age 16 from Woodgate)
1936 Ford Coupe (purple, purchased in 1945 from Butch Moyes)
1940 Chevy 2-door Sedan (purchased in 1945 from Fisher)
1949 Dodge Coupe (Floyd Anderson) Lynn’s first brand new car,
owned from Sep 1949-51
1950 Chrysler New Yorker (purchased in 1951 from Freeds)
1952 Ford Pickup (purchased in 1952 from Andersons)
1938 Dodge Coupe (purchased in 1938 from Bill Pierce)
1954 Chev 2-door (blue, purchased in 1954 from Pierce)
1956 Plymouth Fury (Packer)
1957 Plymouth Fury (Packer)
1956 Ford Wagon tan (Morris)
1959 Plymouth Station Wagon (blue)
1960 Chrysler Saratoga
(purchased in 1960 and picked up from Detroit factory)
1961 Plymouth Wagon tan (sold to Paul)
1963 Thunderbird

Lynn Richman’s first car, a “cute little red car” in 1944-46. It was a 1929 red Chevy Roadster

Lynn Richman and Mike Nelson in 1945-46 in his 1929 red Chevy Roadster

Lynn Richman’s first car and Mike Nelson

Lynn Richman’s first car in September 1946, a 1929 Chevy Roadster

Lynn Richman and his car in September 1946

Lynn Richman’s first car in September 1946, a 1929 Chevy Roadster

Lynn Richman’s 1936 Ford in 1948

1940 Chevy Coupe, owned in 1948

1940 Chevy Coupe

1940 Chevy Coupe with Lamoyne Frost and Duane Parsons

Lynn Richman’s first new car, a 1949 Dodge Coupe, owned from 1949-51

1951

Lynn Richman’s 1950 Chrysler New Yorker. In 1952, Lynn traded this car as down payment on inventory at Lynn’s Market in Brigham.

Lynn’s truck, December 1953

Lynn's truck Dec 1953 with Lynn's AG Market side boards

Lynn’s truck, December 1953, with Lynn’s AG Market side boards

Summer of 1954

1956 Ford Wagon (picture taken March 1958)

March 1958

1959 Plymouth Wagon (blue)

1960 Chrysler Saratoga, picked up at the factory in Detroit in April 1960

1960 Chrysler Saratoga

Lynn and Larry Richman

Lynn Richman’s Limited edition Thunderbird Landau. See info about the car.

Adult

See pictures of Lynn and his first wife, Joyce

Lynn Richman fishing in April 1958. Left to right: Ray Ottley, Lynn, Loren (or Arlin) Wheeler

Business card for Lynn’s Associated Service

Lynn (center) with employee Jerry (left) at the Crazy Days sale at the O.P. Skaggs store at 744 E 400 S, Salt Lake City. Lynn managed this store for 1.5 to 2 years. Far right is Joyce, hired by Kraft Foods to demonstrate in the booth.

Lynn (left) with Joyce (right) at the Crazy Days sale at the O.P. Skaggs store at 744 E 400 S, Salt Lake City.

Watch a video of the Crazy Days Sale:

Lynn Richman (left) at the O.P. Skaggs store

Clowns at the O.P. Skagg store

In 1952, Lynn purchased a store in Brigham City, Utah and named it Lynn’s Drive-in Market.
He owned this market from 1952-1961

Lynn’s Drive-in Market grand opening newspaper article, Brigham City, Utah.

Newspaper article about the grand opening of Lynns Drive In AG Market in Brigham City Utah

Car crashes into Lynn’s Drive-in AG Market

Lynn Richman in Lynn’s Drive-in AG Market, October 1952

See report from Box Elder County Bank about Lynn’s Drive-in Market.

Lynn and Jeff

The saw at the top of the photo was owned by Leon Sinfield Richman. The saw at the bottom of the photo was owned by Lynn Thomas Richman.

Lynn at the Seely motel

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Lynn at his home in Brigham City

Lynn was sustained as the second counselor to Bishop Claudius B. Olsen of the Brigham City 9th Ward on December 4, 1960. He was set apart by Theodore M. Burton on January 3, 1961. He was released June 1963. See the Brigham 9th Ward Directory 1964.

Jim Dixon in Brigham City. Lynn was ordained a high priest by James Neland Dixon on May 27, 1956. Jim was ordained a high priest by Rudger North Price, who was ordained a high priest by Joseph Fielding Smith, who was ordained an Apostle by Joseph F. Smith, who was ordained an Apostle by Brigham Young, who was ordained an Apostle by the Three Witnesses, who were set ordained by Joseph Smith, Jr., who was ordained by Peter, James, and John, who were ordained by Jesus Christ.

Rudgar North Price

Lynn Richman at the Paradise Cemetery

Lynn Richman and his mother Boston in Dec 1967

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Lynn Richman at his home in Salt Lake City on the day of Joy Lynn Richman’s baptism.

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Lynn Richman, salesman for S&H Green Stamps. Lynn began working for S&H on December 1, 1961. Became Zone Manager April 15, 1963.

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Watch the movie The Supermarket, produced in cooperation with S&H Green Stamps:

Lynn and his family moved to Salt Lake July 1, 1963.

Lynn and his family moved to Boise in July 1968.

Lynn Richman and Harold B. Lee, on trip to the National Explorer Presidents’ Congress in Washington, DC, in June 1971

Lynn, Jeff, Larry, and Rick Richman in front of Seely’s home

Peach Days parade in Brigham City, August 1974

Rick and Lynn Richman

In 1971, Lynn purchased two rental fourplexes in Meridian, Idaho.

Boise House, June 1979

Rick, Lynn, and Larry Richman in silk shirts

Lynn, 58 years old, about 1986

Lynn and Larry

After Lynn retired from S&H, he started his own business importing and wholesaling all types of jewelry. Above are his business cards and below is a poster to recruit distributors.