Lynn S Richards was born 3 February 1901 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah to Stephen Longstroth Richards (1879-1959) and Irene Smith Merrill (1876-1969) and died 26 May 2001 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah of unspecified causes. He married Lucille Janette Covey (1901-1989) 11 December 1924 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Biography
Lynn S. Richards (February 3, 1901 – May 26, 2001) was a Utah lawyer and politician and a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Richards was born in Salt Lake City to Irene Merrill and Stephen L Richards. He attended LDS High School and as a young man was a missionary in the Eastern States Mission of the LDS Church. Richards graduated from Brigham Young University in 1925 and afterwards received a law degree from Stanford Law School. He practiced law in Salt Lake City for 72 years (1929 to 2001).
Richards was elected to the Utah State Senate as a Democrat in 1942. He was a member of the Utah Board of Education for 15 years, including two years as its chairman.
In the LDS Church, Richards was a bishop in Salt Lake's University Ward and the Federal Heights Ward. In 1952, he was selected to be the Second Assistant to George R. Hill in the general superintendency of the Deseret Sunday School Union. In 1966, David Lawrence McKay succeeded Hill as general superintendent, and McKay selected Richards as his First Assistant. Richards served as First Assistant in the Sunday School until the superintendency was released in 1971.
Richards married Lucille Covey in 1924; they were the parents of six children. Richards lived to age 100 and died in Salt Lake City.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Lynn Stephen Richards (1926-2013) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Lynn Stephen Richards (1901-2001) | 3 February 1901 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah | 26 May 2001 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah | Lucille Janette Covey (1901-1989) |
| Irene Louise Richards (1902-1991) | 5 April 1902 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah | 29 May 1991 | Stephen Glenn Covey (1897-1980) |
| Lois Bathsheba Richards (1903-1993) | 24 November 1903 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah | 20 April 1993 | Frederick Russel Hinckley (1902-1993) |
| Alice Leila Richards (1907-2002) | |||
| Helen Merle Richards (1908-1909) | |||
| Georgia Gill Richards (1910-1982) | |||
| Joseph Albert Richards (1912-1926) | |||
| Philip Longstroth Richards (1917-2006) | |||
| Richard Merrill Richards (1919-1995) | |||
References
- Joseph Richards 1762 Immigrant Ancestors
- Elder Lynn S. Richards - Wikipedia
- Jan 1980 Ensign: They Served - Richards Legacy in the Church