He was born June 20, 1942 in Bingham Canyon, Utah, a son of Bryant and Margaret Anne Edwards Porter. He married Bonnie Alder on October 31, 1981 in Heber City. He spent his early childhood in Escalante, Utah. He graduated from South Pasadena High School and received his Bachelors degree from California State University at Los Angeles, California. He was a talented musician and loved playing the piano and traveling. He had been a stock broker with Covey, Inc.
Surviving are his wife Bonnie, and their two children, Richard Andrew Porter and Megan Ann Porter, all of Ogden; son by a previous marriage, Brett Ashley Porter, San Jose, California; also surviving are his father, Bryant Porter, So. Pasadena, California; two sisters, Bonnie Ray Porter, Alhambra, California; Arlene Pichotta, Saratoga, California. Preceded in death by his mother.
Deseret News, March 9, 1990
Steve Ledder (1960)
Rich and I went thru JR and SR High together. During Junior High, Rich had an after school paper corner at the intersection of Monterey Road and Pasadena Avenue. Sometimes, he would ask me to take it for the day. I enjoyed the interaction with the motorists who drove up to buy a paper. One day, I didn't see the papers on the corner when I arrived and waited and waited for the supervisor to bring them. Meanwhile, I lost a lot of business. After about an hour, a motorist pointed to 2 stacks of papers 30 feet away on the center meridian. Those were the papers I needed - they had been there all along. I don't recall Rich asking me to take his corner again after that wonderful event. Steve Ledder '60