Patricia LOGAN

LOGAN, Patricia Anne
March 26, 1946 - November 09, 2011
Pat died at her home in Ottawa, held in the embrace and surrounded by the love of her spouse, family and friends. Pat's loving relationship with Margaret Maxted, her partner of almost 20 years, both sustained her and brought great joy to her life. Pat is loved and remembered by her mother Patricia Wigle, her beloved children Gillian Logan (Fabien Welp-Barr) and Zoë Horn (Michael Richardson), her delightful granddaughter Anneke Barr, stepsons Paul Maxted (Jodi Turner) and David Maxted (Robert Kehle), her sister Karen Wigle (Austin Jeffries), her brothers Robert Wigle (Barbara O'Neill) and Bill Wigle (Monica Wigle), and niece and nephew Kelly and Nicholas Wigle. Pat treasured her family and celebrated the love that they shared together. She was supported throughout her illness by friends in Ottawa and elsewhere, especially the faithful group in Ottawa known as The Mighty Currents. Pat was one of four children cherished by her mother Patricia Wigle and the late Frederick Colin Wigle. She was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and grew up in Amherstburg, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Windsor in 1970 with an M.A. in English Language and Literature. For almost 20 years, Pat was happily employed by the Canadian Wildlife Service, where she was a managing editor in charge of publishing wildlife research and producing, as one of her enduring legacies, the leaflets and television public service announcements that Canadians know as Hinterland Who's Who. For the nine years that she lived with cancer, Pat embraced life to the full, enjoying such delights as bird-watching in Florida, growing a garden of wonderful lilies, playing in the waves with Anneke, singing alto in the church choir, travelling to Paris and Tuscany, and even a camping road trip up the Dempster Highway from Dawson City, Yukon to Inuvik, NWT. Pat planted a garden of life everywhere she went and she walked daily amid its beauty. Pat's deepest commitment was to the fostering of loving community. A member of First United Church for 20 years, she offered strong, passionate, and committed leadership to help the congregation create webs of relationship that would nurture, sustain, heal, and transform. Her vision and her energy upheld the congregation through difficult transition times and kept it grounded in its roots of compassion and justice- seeking. In the last years of her life, Pat continued to create a community of love and strength. The circle that formed around her was not a support group - she didn't want that. Rather, it was a circle that sustained and cared for each other through life's challenges and joys. Pat, as you travel on into the light and peace that awaits you, we remember you with love and deepest thanks. You have touched so many of us with love. Your vision has changed us. In your persistent striving to make this world a better place, you have inspired us. The prayer that has sustained us all travels with you: Mighty currents of God's healing love flow through you now, making you whole and free. Friends may visit at Tubman Funeral Homes, Westboro Chapel, 403 Richmond Road Ottawa, on Thursday, November 17th, 2011 from 2:00 to 4:00p.m and 7:30 to 9:00p.m. A service in celebration of and thanksgiving for Pat's life will be held at First United Church, 347 Richmond Road, Ottawa at 1:00p.m. on Friday, November 18th, 2011 with a reception following in the church hall. In remembrance donations may be made to First United Church, 347 Richmond Road, Ottawa, ON, K2A 0E7. Condolences, donations or tributes may be made at www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com .