The Lordship community and residents fondly remember Richard Diedrichsen as "Mr. Lordship" - a visionary leader, tireless and inspirational volunteer, Renaissance man of many interests, and smiling friend to all. He's pictured here with 'grand doggie' Hagrid, on Russian Beach. The Lordship Improvement Association (LIA), which Rich guided for many years, invited the community to share memories of their friend, and those stories follow from the LIA, Lordship Historian Tom Halverson, Christine Kochefko Higgins and family, and Christine Griffin.
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We met Richard the week we moved to Lordship, on the porch of the Driscoll's, who we had met moments before.
You see, we moved here in 2011, days before Hurricane Irene made landfall. Being newcomers to this beach neighborhood we thought to walk down to the seawall to see how neighbors were preparing for the storm.
As we made our way up Jefferson - we noticed the Driscoll's sitting on their porch watching the clouds roll in over the water. With their windows all boarded up, we called out a cheerful, “Hello! Are you ready for the storm?”" Of course, they immediately invited us to join them on their lovely porch … this is Lordship.
It wasn't long…