CHARLES LOGAN CALLED BY DEATH
Popular Citizen Died with Shocking Suddenness at Home On Wednesday
Renfrew Mercury May 13th, 1937
A heavy blow to kith and kin and a shock to the community was the death without warning on Wednesday, shortly after the noon hour, of Charles M. Logan at the Logan homestead in the Hincks section of Renfrew. He had just finished dinner and begun to do some gardening when the summons came.
Charles M. Logan was born in Renfrew, a son of Mrs. Logan and the late Thomas Logan. After a training at the public school and collegiate institute he proceeded to learn the woolen craft as a grandson of the founder of that industry in Renfrew. He continued at it until a tempting offer came to him and his brother Mack now in the West, for the sale of the mill. Afterward he went into the brokerage business and was interested in agencies. Coupled with a second education was a natural brightness and Charles M Logan became a force in the community. He was for some years a member of the Town Council, as was his father before him, and held the Mayorality. He liked civic service, and the town benefited from his labors.
In his youth he took an active interest in hockey and baseball, especially the former, and was one of the best hockeyists ever produced in Renfrew.
His wife survives and there is one son, Tom. There are also his mother and the brother in the West, to whom the sympathy of the community and the district goes out in full measure in his sudden and untimely demise. His age was 47 years. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
LATE CHARLES M LOGAN MOURNED BY COMMUNITY
Funeral on Sunday Afternoon One of the Largest in the History of the Town
Renfrew Mercury May 20, 1937
The funeral of the late Charles McDonald Logan, whose very sudden death occurred on Wednesday of last week, did not take place until Sunday afternoon, the delay having been made owing to the absence his mother, Mrs. Ellen Logan, in Edmonton. She reached home on Saturday after a sojourn of several months among relatives in the West.
Attendance at the funeral was very large, no fewer than 88 cars having been counted in the cortege which formed at the home on Arthur street and proceeded to Thomsonville cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Runnells, assisted by Canon Quartermaine and the Rev. W.M. Campbell, the latter of Castleford. Floral tributes were unusually numerous among contributors being the W.C.T.U. of Renfrew, Arno Mines Ltd. Castleford Women’s Institute, Crow River Mines of Ottawa, Renfrew junior hockey club, Hotel Renfrew, Form 111 of the R.C.I., the Murray Mine Co. of Ottawa the Corporation of the town of Renfrew. In addition, there were many messages of condolence from old friends and business associates. Miss Ruby Lester sang “Beautiful Land”. Honorary pallbearers were; D.W. Stewart, Dr. S.H. Murphy, Robert A. McLaren, Alex Thurston, D.B. McLaren, T.F. Barnet. Active bearers were N.E. Zimmerman, Norman D Budd, C.O. Thacker, Herbert Letang, Harper Cotie and E.A. Grigg.
This the curtain was rung down in the last chapter of a life beginning in Renfrew in 1890, as the eldest son of Thomas Logan and his wife Ellen McDonald. It was a life full of action, a life of varied activities. After passing through the public school and collegiate institute and having his day at hockey and baseball, a shining light at both sports, Charles M. Logan began to play the role of woolen manufacturer in company with his brother Mack. When the brothers sold the business, Charles M. Logan turned his attention to insurance brokerage and mining, was president of one mining company and on the directorate of others. In 1921, he entered municipal life and was in turn Councillor, Deputy-Reeve, Reeve and Mayor. After the Mayorality in 1927, he was returned again as a Councillor, serving in that capacity once more for two years. He had a thorough grasp of civic matters and as a County Councillor rendered the county excellent service at Pembroke.
His wife the former Katherine Farrell survives, with one son Thomas. There are also his mother and a brother Mack the latter in Vancouver.
That the late Charles M Logan was a citizen highly regarded was shown by the very large attendance at his funeral. He was a man of much force of character, honorable and upright in his dealings, one whose memory will long remain green in the town of Renfrew.
His death forms the second break in the ranks. The Renfrew Rivers, the first to go being Corporal William Fishenden who lost his life overseas.
It would be impossible to mention all relatives and friends who came from hear and far Niagara Falls, Toronto, Edmonton, Ottawa, Pembroke, Eganville, Douglas, Kinburn etc.