Mark the Great

Memories from a Class Mate
This is a post by a highschool classmate Kimberly Sorensen:

If there was one guy from the class of 1983 that EVERYONE knew and loved, it was Mark Richardson. Of course he was always voted 'most friendly' and was a class officer about every year because we all loved to see and hear from Mark on a daily basis. None of us will ever forget the daily announcements done by Mark, or his huge smile as he passed you in the hall. He made us feel happy, good about ourselves and always made us laugh. Mark was the kind who just kept giving of himself and was always aware of the feelings of those around him. I dont' think it mattered who you were, he paid everyone the same loving respect.

Mark wrote the most hilarious stories! I sitll have one he wrote our sophomore year about an ogre named Nosdrachir Nnly Kram (Mark Lynn Richardson backwards) and a strange queen named Siwel Mik (Kim Lewis backwards) They would have 5 hour lunches and eat doughnuts and gallons of milk and the ogre ate buckets of fish eads and a goat and then drank a 50 gallon drum of Compound W to get rid of the cluster warts on his huge nose. (Copies are available upon request!) Doesn't that story just sound like Mark? We had the 'Kim and Mark' gang . . .which only had two members, but we thought it was cool . . .I guess no one else wanted to join!

I remember on Acapella tour when he and Dave were playing 'GI JOE' and they climbed all over in the hills at Multnomah Falls! They were completely covered in MUD!! Being in Acapella was awesome! We had the opportunity of performing "The Master's Touch" for many sacrament meetings, and I know this really helped our testimonies of Christ to grow. One time on Christmas eve, Mark and Ray showed up on my doorstep 'caroling'! We all loved to sing together, so we went 'caroling' to some other friends and enjoyed the Christmas spirit together. We loved performing at Disneyland etc. Mark was always a hit!

OK. . . who could EVER forget the 'Tom and Lily' movies that Mark and Lynn Meacham made for Prom? Wow! I'd love to see those crazy vidoes again!

This is so hard -- to believe that the heart of all these great memories is gone. We'll all look forward to the best class reunion of all on the other side someday when we all get to see him again. I'm just so thankful that I get to be one of his many friends, and I know I will see him again someday. Thanks for sharing him with all of us, Lynn and family. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Kim Lewis Sorensen


Kimberly Sorensen