Obituary
Alamogordo Daily News
Alamogordo, NM
3 March 1971
Page 1
Page 5 Column 5
Former Duggist, Mayor
Rites Scheduld on Friday for Feliz Loggains
Funeral services have been scheduled for Charles Feliz Loggains, retired druggist and long prominent figure in the community's business and civic affairs, whose passing today ended a period of declining health.
Loggains plunged to his death early this morning from a third floor window of his room and at Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient.
He was 81 years of age.
Last rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Don L. Forsman and the Rev. Watt Royal officiating, and interment will be made in the Monte Vista Cemetery with the Mullins - Hamilton Funeral Homoe in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will be George Abbott, Eber McKinley, Wayne Stewart, Leonard Sheffield, Jr., Wayne Phelps and Wyatt Atkins, and honorary pallbearers will include Mose Cauthen, Harry Flickinger, John Mershon, George Fettinger, Dr. Park Borgeson, Walter Mullins, Rober W. Hamiliton and John Rolland.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. on Thurday and from 8 a.m. until noon on Friday.
Should friends desire, contributions may be made in Loggains' memory to Grace United Methodist Church.
Born Aug. 9, 1889 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Loggains had been a resident of Alamogordo for 43 years. He opened the Alamo Drug Store at the corner of Tenth and New York in February of 1928 and was active in opperation of the store until his retirement in 1953.
Always a leader in civic endeavors, he was named to the board of regents of the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped in 1931 and served as secretary of the board for 12-year tenure before retiring from the board in 1943.
He was elected mayor in 1938 and served two terms, being instrumental during his second term in the group of Alamorgordo citizens who interested the Army in locating a base here, which has grown into the giant Holloman Air Force Base complex.
Among his distinctions was that of purchasing the first entrance permit ever sold at White Sands National Monument when admission fees were instituded in 1938.
He was an organizer and has been a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank in Alamogordo since it was formed in 1956. He was a member and former presidnet of the local Rotary Club, a member of the Local Selective Service board during World War II, and was himself a vetran of service in World War I.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Georgia Loggains, of the family home at 1613 Rosalia Lance; a daughter, Mrs. H. G. O'Dell, of Alamogordo; a grandson, Harld G. O'Dell, Jr., of University Park; a granddaughter, Mrs. W. T. Guthrie, and a great-grandson, Scott Guthrie, of Mather Ari Force Base, Calif. and two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Featherston and Mrs. E. T. Moore, both of El Paso.
Alamogordo Daily News
Alamogordo, NM
3 March 1971
Page 1
Page 5 Column 5
Former Duggist, Mayor
Rites Scheduld on Friday for Feliz Loggains
Funeral services have been scheduled for Charles Feliz Loggains, retired druggist and long prominent figure in the community's business and civic affairs, whose passing today ended a period of declining health.
Loggains plunged to his death early this morning from a third floor window of his room and at Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient.
He was 81 years of age.
Last rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Don L. Forsman and the Rev. Watt Royal officiating, and interment will be made in the Monte Vista Cemetery with the Mullins - Hamilton Funeral Homoe in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will be George Abbott, Eber McKinley, Wayne Stewart, Leonard Sheffield, Jr., Wayne Phelps and Wyatt Atkins, and honorary pallbearers will include Mose Cauthen, Harry Flickinger, John Mershon, George Fettinger, Dr. Park Borgeson, Walter Mullins, Rober W. Hamiliton and John Rolland.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. on Thurday and from 8 a.m. until noon on Friday.
Should friends desire, contributions may be made in Loggains' memory to Grace United Methodist Church.
Born Aug. 9, 1889 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Loggains had been a resident of Alamogordo for 43 years. He opened the Alamo Drug Store at the corner of Tenth and New York in February of 1928 and was active in opperation of the store until his retirement in 1953.
Always a leader in civic endeavors, he was named to the board of regents of the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped in 1931 and served as secretary of the board for 12-year tenure before retiring from the board in 1943.
He was elected mayor in 1938 and served two terms, being instrumental during his second term in the group of Alamorgordo citizens who interested the Army in locating a base here, which has grown into the giant Holloman Air Force Base complex.
Among his distinctions was that of purchasing the first entrance permit ever sold at White Sands National Monument when admission fees were instituded in 1938.
He was an organizer and has been a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank in Alamogordo since it was formed in 1956. He was a member and former presidnet of the local Rotary Club, a member of the Local Selective Service board during World War II, and was himself a vetran of service in World War I.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Georgia Loggains, of the family home at 1613 Rosalia Lance; a daughter, Mrs. H. G. O'Dell, of Alamogordo; a grandson, Harld G. O'Dell, Jr., of University Park; a granddaughter, Mrs. W. T. Guthrie, and a great-grandson, Scott Guthrie, of Mather Ari Force Base, Calif. and two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Featherston and Mrs. E. T. Moore, both of El Paso.
Obituary
Alamogordo Daily News
Alamogordo, NM
3 March 1971
Page 1
Page 5 Column 5
Former Duggist, Mayor
Rites Scheduld on Friday for Feliz Loggains
Funeral services have been scheduled for Charles Feliz Loggains, retired druggist and long prominent figure in the community's business and civic affairs, whose passing today ended a period of declining health.
Loggains plunged to his death early this morning from a third floor window of his room and at Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient.
He was 81 years of age.
Last rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Don L. Forsman and the Rev. Watt Royal officiating, and interment will be made in the Monte Vista Cemetery with the Mullins - Hamilton Funeral Homoe in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will be George Abbott, Eber McKinley, Wayne Stewart, Leonard Sheffield, Jr., Wayne Phelps and Wyatt Atkins, and honorary pallbearers will include Mose Cauthen, Harry Flickinger, John Mershon, George Fettinger, Dr. Park Borgeson, Walter Mullins, Rober W. Hamiliton and John Rolland.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. on Thurday and from 8 a.m. until noon on Friday.
Should friends desire, contributions may be made in Loggains' memory to Grace United Methodist Church.
Born Aug. 9, 1889 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Loggains had been a resident of Alamogordo for 43 years. He opened the Alamo Drug Store at the corner of Tenth and New York in February of 1928 and was active in opperation of the store until his retirement in 1953.
Always a leader in civic endeavors, he was named to the board of regents of the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped in 1931 and served as secretary of the board for 12-year tenure before retiring from the board in 1943.
He was elected mayor in 1938 and served two terms, being instrumental during his second term in the group of Alamorgordo citizens who interested the Army in locating a base here, which has grown into the giant Holloman Air Force Base complex.
Among his distinctions was that of purchasing the first entrance permit ever sold at White Sands National Monument when admission fees were instituded in 1938.
He was an organizer and has been a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank in Alamogordo since it was formed in 1956. He was a member and former presidnet of the local Rotary Club, a member of the Local Selective Service board during World War II, and was himself a vetran of service in World War I.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Georgia Loggains, of the family home at 1613 Rosalia Lance; a daughter, Mrs. H. G. O'Dell, of Alamogordo; a grandson, Harld G. O'Dell, Jr., of University Park; a granddaughter, Mrs. W. T. Guthrie, and a great-grandson, Scott Guthrie, of Mather Ari Force Base, Calif. and two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Featherston and Mrs. E. T. Moore, both of El Paso.
Alamogordo Daily News
Alamogordo, NM
3 March 1971
Page 1
Page 5 Column 5
Former Duggist, Mayor
Rites Scheduld on Friday for Feliz Loggains
Funeral services have been scheduled for Charles Feliz Loggains, retired druggist and long prominent figure in the community's business and civic affairs, whose passing today ended a period of declining health.
Loggains plunged to his death early this morning from a third floor window of his room and at Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient.
He was 81 years of age.
Last rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Don L. Forsman and the Rev. Watt Royal officiating, and interment will be made in the Monte Vista Cemetery with the Mullins - Hamilton Funeral Homoe in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will be George Abbott, Eber McKinley, Wayne Stewart, Leonard Sheffield, Jr., Wayne Phelps and Wyatt Atkins, and honorary pallbearers will include Mose Cauthen, Harry Flickinger, John Mershon, George Fettinger, Dr. Park Borgeson, Walter Mullins, Rober W. Hamiliton and John Rolland.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. on Thurday and from 8 a.m. until noon on Friday.
Should friends desire, contributions may be made in Loggains' memory to Grace United Methodist Church.
Born Aug. 9, 1889 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Loggains had been a resident of Alamogordo for 43 years. He opened the Alamo Drug Store at the corner of Tenth and New York in February of 1928 and was active in opperation of the store until his retirement in 1953.
Always a leader in civic endeavors, he was named to the board of regents of the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped in 1931 and served as secretary of the board for 12-year tenure before retiring from the board in 1943.
He was elected mayor in 1938 and served two terms, being instrumental during his second term in the group of Alamorgordo citizens who interested the Army in locating a base here, which has grown into the giant Holloman Air Force Base complex.
Among his distinctions was that of purchasing the first entrance permit ever sold at White Sands National Monument when admission fees were instituded in 1938.
He was an organizer and has been a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank in Alamogordo since it was formed in 1956. He was a member and former presidnet of the local Rotary Club, a member of the Local Selective Service board during World War II, and was himself a vetran of service in World War I.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Georgia Loggains, of the family home at 1613 Rosalia Lance; a daughter, Mrs. H. G. O'Dell, of Alamogordo; a grandson, Harld G. O'Dell, Jr., of University Park; a granddaughter, Mrs. W. T. Guthrie, and a great-grandson, Scott Guthrie, of Mather Ari Force Base, Calif. and two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Featherston and Mrs. E. T. Moore, both of El Paso.
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