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Margaret Logan

[February 04, 2011]  LINCOLN -- Margaret Marie Logan, 88, of Lincoln, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at 1 p.m. at her home.

Visitation will be 1-4 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery.

Mrs. Logan and her husband owned and operated the Dairy Queen for 35 years. She also taught school in the Orion area and was a substitute teacher in Elkhart for many years.

She was born Jan. 10, 1923, at Coal Valley. Her parents were Frank and Margaret Dorman McWhinney. She married Howard W. Logan on April 17, 1949, at Coal Valley. He preceded her in death on Jan. 15, 2000.

She is survived by one daughter, Jeanne Logan Appel of Decatur and Park City, Utah; and three grandsons, Jeffrey Appel of Park City, Utah, Benjamin (and Rachel) Appel of East Peoria and Ryan Appel of Park City, Utah.

She was also preceded in death by one brother, Ralph McWhinney.

She was a member of St. John United Church of Christ and Woman's Club.

She loved spending time with family and friends.

She was the second of four generations to graduate from Western Illinois University.

Memorials may be made to the family.

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