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 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 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 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
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 Richman and Dale Harding in 1948
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
Lynn Richman’s first new car, a 1949 Dodge Coupe, owned from 1949-51
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, December 1953, with Lynn’s AG Market side boards
Summer of 1954
Summer of 1954
1956 Ford Wagon (picture taken March 1958)
1956 Ford Wagon (picture taken March 1958)
March 1958
1959 Plymouth Wagon (blue)
1959 Plymouth Wagon (blue)
1960 Chrysler Saratoga, picked up at the factory in Detroit in April 1960
1960 Chrysler Saratoga
1960 Chrysler Saratoga
Lynn and Larry Richman
Lynn Richman’s Limited edition Thunderbird Landau. See info about the car.
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.
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
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
Lynn Thomas Richman
Lynn Richman at his home in Salt Lake City on the day of Joy Lynn Richman’s baptism.
Lynn Richman, salesman for S&H Green Stamps. Lynn began working for S&H on December 1, 1961. Became Zone Manager April 15, 1963.
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
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.
A few of Lynn’s dozens of briefcases full of book work, etc.
Lynn Richman on trip to Orlando in 1999
At Lynn Richman’s 80th birthday party in 2008
Lynn & Mary Richman at Lynn’s 80th birthday party in 2008
Mckenzie, Rose, Lynn, Braxton
Lynn & Larry Richman at Kent Seely’s 70th birthday dinner June 2014
Lynn and Mary in 2015 on their trip to Branson, Missouri
Lynn on his 87th birthday in 2015.
Mary, Lynn, Joy, and Blair on July 3, 2016
Lynn taking good care of his yard, with Weston Hester
Roseanne, December 2005
Boise house, taken December 28, 2011
Mary, Lynn, Diane Nelson Spafford, Lori Ann Halling Livingston, and Tracey Smith (Mike Nelson’s daughter), July 2021