Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....LOGUE , Daniels Charles February 4 2002 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/ca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy B. Perazzo pbperazzo@comcast.net and Judith Hinton November 1, 2004, 10:15 pm Woodland "Daily Democrat," Monday, February 11, 2002 Daniels Charles Logue Daniels Charles Logue died in Acapulco, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 4, 2002 at the age of 78. He was born in Clairton, Pennsylvania as the 10th child of Lester and Bertha Logue. Mr. Logue was educated at La Salle Military School, Saville, Long Island, N.Y., where he had a football scholarship. He played his freshman year of college at Notre Dame on coach Frank Leahy's first freshman team. His roommate at La Salle was Louis Salmoza, future president of Nicaragua and Charlie Trippi, All-American at University of Georgia. At the onset of World War War II, Mr. Logue enlisted in the army. He was attached to Gen. George S. Patton’s third army, in which he saw action at the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogn. His division was the first to liberate several concentration camps on their march to Berchtesgarden. At the close of the war in Europe, at the request of Gen. Douglas McArthur, who wanted veteran combat troops for the invasion of Japan, his division was immediately sent to the Philippines. After his discharge, he was offered a football scholarship at the University of North Carolina. The team played in two Sugar Bowl games and one Cotton Bowl game. It was known as the “Charlie Cho-Choo Justice” era. He was also a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in geology. Residing in Yolo County for about 51 years, Mr. Logue was the president of the Jr. Chamber of Commerce, Carlton Club, and headed the Yolo County Board of Realtors and Yolo County Republican Central Committee. He served in many statewide and national committees of the Republican party as delegate to the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco and the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. He served in many statewide and national committees of the Republican party. He was also a Vestryman at St. Lukes's Episcopal Church in Woodland. Active as a builder and developer, his work spanned from Catalina Island to many locations in Central and Northern California. The majority of the projects he worked on benefited the disadvantaged and the elderly. Mr. Logue enjoyed fishing in Dunsmuir, golf at the Yolo Filers Club and El Macero country clubs and frequent trips to Chapel Hill for reunions with football team members. At Chapel Hill he met and married Kate Connor, a coed from Durnham, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Kate Connor of El Macero; daughters Kate Connor (Connie) Wilson of Carmichael, and Susan Farrell Pinskton of Danville; son Daniels Russell Logue, of Marysville; grandsons David and Joshua Pinskton, Aaron Daniels Barrow, Christian Lee Barrow, Joel Jefferson Barrow, and Andrew James Barrow; granddaughters Sarah Pinkston and Cheni Logue; and three great grandchildren, David, Nathaniel, and Muriel Pinkston and Connor Logue Barrow. Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb 16 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church 515 Second Street, Woodland, CA. The family requests memorials be sent in lieu of flowers to the Salvation Army. 3755 North Freeway Blvd., Sacramento, 95835 designated “The Salvation Army Acapulco Children's Home.” Additional Comments: Submitted with the permission of the "The Daily Democrat," 711 Main St., Woodland, CA 95695. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/obits/gob2541logue.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb