Curtis 'Curt' D. Logan

LITTLE FALLS -- Curtis "Curt" Duane Logan, 52, Little Falls, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001, as the result of an airplane accident in Michigan.

He was born April 7, 1948, in Aberdeen, Wash., to Thomas and Helen (Reed) Logan. He graduated from Hoquiam High School in 1966. He lived in St. Joseph, Mo., where he obtained his private flying license and worked in the optometry business for 10 years. He then moved to Fargo, N.D., where he was employed at Midwest Vision. He married Kathleen Brintnell on June 11, 1982, in Aberdeen, S.D. When he moved to Little Falls, he obtained his flying endorsements: Instrument rating, commercial pilot, certified flight instructor, instrument instructor, multi-engine rating and multi-engine instructor. He also did carpentry work and worked for Earl Lemeiur Busing. He was currently employed by Air Cargo Masters of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Northern Illinois Flight Center of Lake in the Hills, Ill. He served on the Little Falls Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, was a member of the Little Falls Lions and a current member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

Survivors include his wife, Kathy, Little Falls; a son, Shawn Logan, Savannah, Mo.; a daughter, Brittany Logan, Little Falls; his mother, Helen Phillips, Tumwater, Wash.; two brothers, Thomas Logan, Aberdeen, Wash., and Murrel Logan, Aberdeen, Wash.; and a sister, Rita North, Tumwater, Wash.

His father, Thomas A. Logan, and his stepfather, Paul L. Phillips, died earlier.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church in Little Falls with Pastor Sanna Reinholtzen officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Little Falls.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Brenny-Simonet Funeral Home-East Chapel in Little Falls and an hour before services Friday at the church.