Mark the Great

Memories from a classmate
Remembering Mark Richardson! My heart is just breaking at this news.. But I do have many stories I can share about Mark. I have to agree with Kim Sorenson that Mark really was the leader of our class of '83! Every memory I have about Mark is just so fun! I worked with Mark at Arctic Circle in Spanish Fork. (It is now Barry's Park View Drive In). It never felt like work because Mark always made it so fun! At that time there were microphones at the cash registers to call back the orders... Well, anytime there is an open-mic, you know that Mark will take advantage of it. Each of us would get on a mic and do the whole "Donny & Marie schtick..."I'm a little bit country...I'm a little bit rock and roll".. It didn't matter if there were customers or not, we would just sing and laugh until I honestly thought I would split a gut! (Good thing the manager was never there).. There were many times when we were supposed to be closing up the restaurant that we would sit and talk for hours! We would end up really cleaning and closing at around 2:00 a.m.. (Off the clock..Mark was very honest) One night I was kind of depressed and so I told Mark I was going to go running after we closed. He refused to let me go running alone, and so he came running with me...That is just how he was! So great! So kind! So funny!
I loved Coach Clark's stories. I was a song-leader our senior year, so I remember the football game against Springville, and I absolutely remember the wrestling tournaments. I have an entire scrapbook filled with pictures of Mark being "Mark".. (Acapella tour, football, wrestling, assemblies, graduation, and every high school reunion since..)
I could go on and on about Mark the Great!
I am pretty sure that you could fill the Delta Center with all of the people that Mark has touched during his life!
My heart just goes out to his beautiful family! There are just no words to express how much Mark was loved!
He will be so greatly missed!
Becca Sorenson Brimhall