Logan Harlan Friedrich

Logan Friedrich, 87, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2011. He was born on a farm near Bartlett on November 25, 1923 to Albert William and Alma Spiegelhauer Friedrich, pioneers of the Bartlett area. He graduated from Bartlett High school in 1942, and then spent three and a half years in the U.S. Army serving in the European Theater of Operations as a Staff Sergeant in the 648th Tank Destroyer Battalion. He was honored to be selected to be in General Patton’s honor guard at the General’s funeral. He was well known in Austin and the surrounding areas in his capacity as an outside salesman for the Constant Service Company, later Wayne Bull Company, and finally, with Cross-Allen Company. He owned parts stores in Bastrop and Smithville. His retirement years were happily involved with operation of the family farm in the Kelso Community in Bartlett.

He was confirmed in the St. John Lutheran Church, but joined Memorial United Methodist Church in 1957 where he was an active member–serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for many years. He is preceded by his parents, grandson, James Logan Friedrich, and sister, Mildred Friedrich Tomecek. He is survived by his wife, Lorraine (Jane) Friedrich; his son and wife, Richard Logan and Judy, two grandsons: Andrew Michael Friedrich and William Paschal Friedrich. Also survived by brother, Weldon G. Friedrich and wife, Iris, sister-in-law, Johnnye Gresham, brother-in-law, J. P. Skinner and a number of nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held from five o’clock until seven o’clock in the evening, Tuesday, the 17th of May at Cook-Walden Funeral home, 6100 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin. Funeral Services will be conducted at eleven o’clock in the morning, Wednesday, the 18th of May at Memorial United Methodist Church, 6100 Berkman, Austin, officiated by Reverend Bill Harris. Interment will at half past one in the afternoon at Cook-Walden Capital Parks, Pflugerville. Memorial may be made to Memorial United Methodist Church, 6100 Berkman, Austin, 78723.

Tributes may be made at www.cookwaldenfuneralhome.com