Obituary

Richard Brandenburg von Hasseln Leck

Tue, 02/21/2023 - 12:45pm

Richard Brandenburg von Hasseln Leck died unexpectedly at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, New Hampshire of cardiac arrest as Heart Month, 2023 began.

He was born in Denver, Colorado, Friday, Sept. 15, 1967, the beloved younger son of Dr. Richard and Esther McCandless Leck of Woolwich, Maine. Richard, aka Brandy Leck, is survived by his four siblings: Kristin Harman of Newcastle, Maine; Derek C. Leck of Portland and Woolwich, Maine; Elise Smith of Bethesda, Maryland; and Heather Leck of East Boothbay, Maine and Nashville, Tennessee. He is also survived by his two beloved teen age sons, Gunnar Brandenburg Leck and Tristin Charles Leck of Bedford, New Hampshire and by his sons’ mother, ex-wife Jennifer Clair Leck.

“Friday’s Child is Loving and Giving” describes Brandy well since he gave his all to his beloved family and friends.

A graduate of Waynflete School in Portland, Maine and St. Lawrence University, he was employed most recently by Crane Currency.

Friends wishing to give a memorial donation might consider the American Heart Association (www.heart.org).