Richard Edward Lenhart

I used to chat with Richard when I was downtown in Portland at a pub called Scandals. I enjoyed his memories of Import Plaza and of his trips to Japan. I lost contact with him when I stopped going downtown. I am sorry to hear (a year later) that he had passed away. He was a kind, quiet man and I will cherish our brief but semi-frequent conversations at Scandals.

I met Joni (Wilcox) Leaf in 1968. Through my friendship with Joni I met Richard. I believe we first met when he stopped by Joni's booth at an Artquake Festival in the South Park Blocks in downtown Portland many years ago.
I too lived and worked in downtown Portland for almost 40 years. My apartment building and his (last) apartment building were just across the Park Blocks from each other.
We would often see and chat with each other either in the Park Blocks or more often at the...

Richard was my favorite male cousin on my father's side of the family, the only one I knew as a young person.Though I saw him infrequently due to age and distance, he was always a kind, considerate and very interesting person. He would visit us whenever he could coming back from buying trips to Japan. He was a true gentleman. May he rest in peace in the loving embrace of the God who made us all.