Funeral services were held for O. T. Logan on Saturday, January 28, 1967, at 10 a.m. at the Hatfield Funeral Home, Coldwater, Kan. Services were in charge of George F. Baugh. Mrs. Mary Anna Purcell, Mrs. Barbara McGinnis, and Mrs. Helen Whitmore sang "Until Then" and "Mansion Over the Hilltop," accompanied by Mrs. Hazel McMurray, organist.Active pallbearers were Cecil Wilson, Leroy McGinnis, Merle Bowman, Buck Parks, Ralph Hoofer, Jerry Allen, Bob Hadley, and Darrell Smith. Honorary pallbearers were Vern Cooper, Frank Adams, Harry Hagen, and Ernest Miller.
Military graveside services were held Saturday, at 3:30 p.m. at Kingfisher, Okla., under the direction of the American Legion Post of Kingfisher.
Obituary.
O. T. Logan, 75, of Coldwater, Kans., passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 1967, at the Comanche County Hospital following a long illness. He was born February 5, 1891, at March, Mo.
He left Missouri in 1905 and went to Clovis, N.M. In 1915 he moved to Vaughn, N.M., where he homesteaded. He finished serving his Homestead Rights while in the service.
O. T. was among the first to be called in World War I and served with the 356th Infantry, 89th Division, Military Police. After his discharge on June 11, 1919, he went to Wellington and Wichita, Kans.
On October 2, 1920, he married Helen Bamberg at Kingfisher, Okla. They moved from Wichita to Comanche county in 1925 where he became foreman on the Moffett Brothers Ranch. In 1931 he started farming for himself on one of the Moffett farms where they lived until 1964 when they moved into Coldwater.
He was baptized into the Baptist church at the age of 15 and was a faithful member and always lived according to the teachings of his church.
O. T. was a faithful member of the American Legion and took an active part in it as long as he was able. He also belonged to the VFW of Coldwater.
Survivors are the widow, Helen; a sister, Mrs. Belva Wilkins, Torington, Wyo.; seven nephews, eight nieces, and several cousins, including Mrs. John Herd of Coldwater.
No matter wherever O. T. went he always had a friend and will be sorely missed by one and all, especially children.
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