OBIT: George R. LOGUE, 1932, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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GEORGE R. LOGUE

George R. Logue Called by Death

Well Known Hotelman and Good Citizen is Garnered by the Grim Reaper

  The Grim Reaper continues to take heavy toll in Meyersdale.  Within the last 
few weeks he entered four homes within a stonesthrow of each other on North 
Street, and removed a prominent resident in each case.  First to go in this 
limited area was Mrs. Minne Wiley Kendall, wife of Congressman Samuel A. 
Kendall, who was taken on Aug. 22; next was Charles H. Dia, who was called on 
Sept. 10; Mrs. Ella Ebbecka Hammond followed on Sept. 17, and at the hour of her 
funeral, 3 p.m., Sept. 20, George Robert Logue, proprietor of the Slicer House, 
corner Center and North Streets, joined the great majority.
  George R. Logue, for more than 20 years one of Meyersdale's outstanding 
citizens, succumbed to coronary thrombosis, hemorrhages of the arteries feeding 
the heart, after several weeks' serious illness.  His death was not unexpected, 
but nevertheless was a severe shock to his family and friends.
  Mr. Logue was born of Irish parentage at Burnsville, Butler County, Pa., June 
29, 1866, and lived to the age of 66 years, 2 months and 21 days.  For a number 
of years he was engaged in the hotel business in Gallitzin and Patton, in 
Cambria County, Pa., coming to Meyersdale from the latter place in 1911, and 
having resided here ever since.
  In the year that he came to Meyersdale he purchased from the Nathaniel Slicer 
estate the Slicer House, for many years one of the leading hotels of Meyersdale.  
The purchase included also the Slicer livery stable on Dale Street, now known as 
the Keystone Garage operated by Roy Cook.
  Mr. Logue improved the Slicer House after acquiring ownership of it and 
conducted a very good hotel which did a prosperous business until prohibition 
closed the bar, the hotel's most lucrative adjunct.  Mr. Logue, being a man of 
sterling integrity and a law-abiding citizen, never allowed any liquor to be 
sold on his premises after the traffic in alcoholic beverages was outlawed.  
Although he had an offer of $100 a month rent for his bar-room from parties who 
planned to run a speak-easy under the guise of a soft-drink saloon, Mr. Logue 
tore out his bar and converted the former saloon into a store-room.
  He discontinued his hotel dining room when it became unprofitable and 
converted it and adjoining floor space into a department store now occupied by 
the Philadelphia Underselling company.  In company with T. A. Weller he 
established a shoe store in another portion of the first floor of the hotel 
building, which is still a going business.  The former barroom has been rented 
for various purposes, a chain grocery store, a drug store, etc., at various 
times.  The second floor has continued to be devoted to rooming and living 
quarters, and it was in his apartments in the hotel that he passed away.
  Mr. Logue at the time of his death, and for some years past, was head of the 
Union Handle Company of Meyersdale.  Before his health began to fail he worked 
for quite a while as a mechanic in the handle factory.  He was an enterprising, 
industrious man and public-spirited citizen and good neighbor.  Kind-hearted and 
charitable, he helped many a needy person and seldom spoke ill of any one.
  Twenty-seven years ago, Mr. Logue married Miss Mary McKiverigan of Spangler, 
Pa., who contributed much to his success and happiness in his subsequent years.  
They lived harmoniously together, each giving the other the tenderest care in 
times of sickness until death severed their union.
  Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Logue, all but one of whom, their 
winsome daughter, Catherine, now Mrs. Paul Miller, died in infancy.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Logue were both fond of children and in addition to rearing and lavishing 
their affection on their one surviving daughter, they also adopted into their 
household, when she was yet quite a young child, the daughter of a sister of 
Mrs. Logue, now grown to young womanhood and known as Miss Rita Logue.
  Mr. Logue during his entire life was a devout member of the 
Roman Catholic Church, whose sacraments gave him comfort and cheer during his 
days of sickness and suffering.
  R. Reich and Son prepared his remains for burial and have charge of the 
funeral arrangements.  Hundreds of people have called at the stricken home since 
Mr. Logue's death to pay their respect and extend their sympathy to the bereaved 
wife and daughter.
  Funeral services, consisting of requiem high mass, will be held in SS. Philip 
and James Church at 9 o'clock Friday morning.  The mass will be celebrated by 
Mr. Logue's nephew, Rev. Father Patrick Logue of St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, 
Pa., assisted by the pastor of SS. Philip and James parish, Very Rev. Father J. 
J. Brady, and other clergymen from several counties.
  Among the relatives and friends who have arrived here for the obsequies are 
two sisters of Mrs. Logue, Mrs. Margaret McKiverigan and Mrs. Grace Kelly, of 
Spangler, Pa.; also a number of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends including 
the following:  Mrs. Ella Logue, a sister-in-law, of Spangler; Sister Mary 
James, a niece, and Sister Monica, Cresson, Pa.; Patrick John, Alice, Grace and 
Ella McKiverigan and Mrs. Eddie McDonnell, nephews and nieces, Spangler; Arthur 
McKiverigan, Pitcairn, Pa.; William, Edward, Eugene and Margaret Kelly, Mr. and 
Mrs. Steward Logue, Cyril and Paul Logue and Mrs. John Logue, Spangler; Brady 
and Frank Logue, Mrs. Joe Sprowls and Mrs. Joe Patterson, Washington, Pa.; Miss 
Bess Stoker, Dr. and Mrs. William Logue and Miss Margaret Logue, Johnstown; Mr. 
and Mrs. William Lamont, Bakerton, Pa.; Norman Casher, Cresson; Mr. and Mrs. 
William C. Moore, Cairnbrook; George Printabel, Patton; Mr. and Mrs. John 
Grannis and Mrs. Charles Miller, New Castle, Pa.; and Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
McKiverigan, Butler.

Meyersdale Republican, September 22, 1932