Josephine Mary Logan

Miss Josephine Mary Logan, 96, died March 9, 2005. Miss Logan was head of the George Wythe High School history department until her retirement in 1973, and a recepient of the prestigious Valley Forge Teacher's Award in 1970 for her Washington Convocations produced each year. She was a graduate of St. Patrick's Academy, and held a B.A and M.A. degrees in history and English from the University of Richmond. She taught in the Richmond Public Schools for 44 years, beginning in 1929 at Robert Fulton School, and then at Springfield School. In 1944, she was assigned to East End Junior High School, and from there she went to George Wythe High School in 1960. Miss Logan was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma (a national honor society for teachers), Phi Alpha Theta (a national honor society in history), and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She was the first president of the Catholic Junior Women's Club whose chief philantrophic work was the Children's Ward of Sheltering Arms Hospital. Miss Logan was among a group of Catholic women who formed the Buddy Club of St. Joseph's Villa to bring friendship and entertainment to the orphans of the Villa. These members worked closely with the Sister Superior and Father Harold Knott, who was the chaplain at the Villa. After retirement, Miss Logan served as a member, secretary and vice president of the Ladies Sodality of St. Paul's Catholic Church. In September 2001, she moved from her Ginter Park home to Fairfax, Va. to be near her family. She is survived by nieces and nephews, George Martin Logan and his wife, Vivienne, of Hinsdale, Ill., James Patrick Logan and his wife, Jean, of Wilson, N.C., Mary Margaret Logan Del'Aria and her husband, Steve, of Fairfax, Va., Thaddeus S. Logan III and his wife, Patricia, of Pleasantville, N.Y., and Elizabeth Logan Diggs and her husband, Steve, of Annandale, Va.; great-niece, Elizabeth Logan of Pasadena, Calif.; great-nephew, William Logan of Denver, Colo. Her remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Homes' Central Chapel, 3801 Augusta Ave., where the family will receive friends 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Benedict's Catholic Church. Interment Mt. Calvery Cemetery.