Leonard Everhart was fun! He was a quiet extrovert.
He would answer the phone with, "It's your dime; start talking!"

He knew no strangers.
He could charm any new baby he encountered in their stroller and flirt with the elderly in their wheelchairs.
He would walk up to a stranger in the nursing home and say, "Young Lady, does your mother know you aren't in school right now?"

He was a mechanic and would kiss the female customer's hand when they entered his shop and then when they were handed their invoice, they were happy to pay it.
He was a people person and made a point of making the other person feel important.
He was a born salesman without ever having to attend a "Dale Carnegie Sales Course."
He was generous with his time, his money and driving giggly, annoying teenagers to their Rainbows Girl and Methodist Church activities.
He was in the army, and was a clean freak and had a knack for making sure there were never any dirty dishes in the sink.
He had a dynamic personality and was known for all his "corny" jokes.

He had two lovely daughters, Charlotte & Vickie, whom he adored and he also had four step-children who he always referred to as his children.
He never used the word "step" in referring to them.
He loved playing the card game, "Solitaire."

He was born in South Dakota, then lived in Highland Park, CA for many years, then Glendale and lived his final years with his beautiful wife, Charlene, in Big Bear, CA.
He was a Mason, Eastern Star, Rainbow Girl Dad and finally, a Shriner.

Leonard Everhart's Favorite Prayer
Before Eating:

God is great. God is good.
Let us thank Him for our food.
By His hand, we all are fed.
Thank you God, for daily bread.
Amen

His granddaughters sang, "Nearer My God To Thee" at his Masonic Lodge Memorial in South Pasadena, CA.
This is a Rainbow Girl song and there was barely a dry eye in the house after they sang this; in fact, the Everhart Family passed out small boxed tissues prior to Mr. Everhart's service.

At his beautiful memorial, they also had a DVD montage with Mr. Everhart's photographs and even clips of him speaking and singing.
In most of the photos, there was up to four children sitting in his lap.
Photo after photo, he had some youngster in his lap and everyone looked so content.
Generous, loving and fun are adverbs that describe Mr. Everhart.

His DVD montage started out with Archie & Edith Bunker singing, "Those Were The Days."
He also had Kenny Rodgers singing, "The Gambler Song."
Mr. Everhart was known for playing the game, "Solitaire."
He was also known for the wearing of his "infamous wild colorful suspenders."

If Mr. Everhart ever had a bad day, we never knew about it. When asked how he was feeling, he was famous for replying "Well, I'm just short of FANTASTIC!"