Logan C. Dunham

Logan Dunham, age 94, of Glidden, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at the Church of Christ in Carroll with Rod Roberts officiating. Friends may call at the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Carroll after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday where there will be a prayer service held at 6:30 P.M.. The casket will be moved to the church at 8:30 A.M. on Wednesday where visitation will resume until the time of service. Music for the service will be by Trish Roberts, Melissa Nystrom, Carmen Schimmer, and Maria White.. Casket bearers will be Logan’s Grandsons and Great Grandsons: Kristoffer Knerl, Mitchell Tiefenthaler, Jonathan Dunham, Joshua Sutter, Dylan Toepke, Brett Payne, Wyatt Toepke, Alex Payne, Drake Miller, Ethan Payne, and Mason Knerl. Honorary casket bearers will be Logan’s Granddaughters and Great Granddaughters: Julie Payne, Paula Toepke, Greta Sutter, Angie Miller, Cassie Sullivan, Lacey Wolf, Shaela Tiefenthaler, Lexie Sutter, Lauren Sutter, Jadyn Knerl, Kayla Miller, Lilah Wolf, Alaina Sullivan, and London Wolf. Burial will be in the Merle Hay Memorial Cemetery near Glidden. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established in Logan’s name and may be left at the funeral home or the church. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home and online condolences may be left for the family at www.dahnandwoodhouse.com Logan Clifton Dunham was born on February 11, 1921 at his parent’s home in Decatur, IL. He was the son of Logan A. and Lucy Elizabeth (Moore) Dunham. He attended elementary and high schools in Illinois and graduated in 1939. After that he attended Western Illinois Teachers College at Macomb, IL for two years. It was while at Macomb that he heeded the call to become a Minister of the Gospel. He transferred to Minnesota Bible College in Minneapolis and studied for one and a half years and later studied at Dakota Bible College and preached at Brookings, South Dakota. It was while attending Minnesota Bible College that he met Virginia Mae Tuschoff who was also a student there. They were married on June 18, 1943 at her home near Spencer, Iowa. Five children came to bless this union: James, Paul, Linda, Mark, and Kimberly. Logan spent his life serving the Lord, in the Christian Church – Churches of Christ in Iowa, South Dakota, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Indiana. He helped start two Christian Service Camps, several new churches, and served as secretary of the Chicago District Evangelizing Association and later as Evangelist for that organization. He was always active in youth work believing that the future of the church was in young people won to Christ. He was a strong preacher of the Word of God and an ardent worker in Vacation Bible School. His most successful Vacation Bible School was at Hebron, Indiana as they reached a total of 275 students in one year plus teachers and workers. He was a licensed pilot for over 50 years and Chaplain of the Civil Air Patrol. He was a licensed insurance agent for over 30 years in the states of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas. He was known for his hard work for the Lord and a good provider for his family, often doing so with his and Virginia’s hands. He loved preaching and loved the people which accounts for the success he enjoyed. He preached many revivals and after turning 60 years of age, and he helped build six new church buildings. After 54 years in full time ministry he retired but was kept busy doing interim and supply work in several churches. He also spent several years as Chaplain at Shady Oaks Nursing Home in Lake City, Iowa. Logan believed Jesus came to serve and followed his example. Hundreds now serve Christ because he led the way. Logan is survived by his wife Virginia of 72 years of Glidden; two daughters: Linda Knerl and her husband Mike of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Kimberly Tiefenthaler and her husband Kim of Carroll; three sons: Jim Dunham and his wife Pam of Saybrook, Illinois, Paul Dunham of Saybrook, Illinois, and Mark Dunham and his wife Rhonda of Moberly, Missouri; ten grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; three sisters-in-law: Ardyce Stevenson and her husband Bill of Spencer, Lois McConkey and her husband Ron of Topeka, Kansas, and Alice Tuschoff of Austin, Minnesota; a brother-in-law Bob Griffiths of Spirit Lake; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Logan was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Naomi Dunham, and a daughter-in-law Gwen Dunham.