Jean Mar g ie Logan, age 85, passed away on June 5, 2011 from complications of COPD. Jean was a true "Jersey Girl" to the end. She had resided at "The Springs" in Whitefish since she relocated from Great Falls, MT in the fall of 2009. Jean was born on June 1, 1926 in Elizabeth, NJ, the youngest of 2 children. Jean spent much of her life in Cranford, NJ and attended Cranford High. She married Lancelot Logan in 1943 in Elizabeth, NC., just before the U.S. Navy deployed him for several years of overseas duty. One son was born, Lance, in 1946. The war time marriage did not survive. Jean worked all her life to support and raise her son. Her employment began at Boyle Midway in Cranford. She also worked for Kraft Foods, Phelps Dodge, Schering Plough Pharmaceuticals, all in New Jersey. Jean was also employed by Raytheon Corp in California, and the Great Falls Food Bank. Jean was an avid reader and a beautiful knitter and seamstress. Jean didn't provide everything her son wanted, but she did provide him with everything he needed. She was a very proud mother. Jean moved to Montana in the 1980's to help raise her 3 young grandchildren in Great Falls, MT. She was preceded in death by her parents Robert L. and Margaret E. Loderstedt and her brother Robert L. Loderstedt. She is survived by her son Lance F. Logan of Bigfork, Mt; grandchildren Layne J. Logan of Cut Bank, MT; Lucas K. Logan of Billings, MT; and Lindsey C. Logan of Bozeman, MT; nephew Robert L. Loderstedt and niece Judith Loderstedt Mack, both of N ew Jersey, and Carol Anne Cawley Weshnak of NJ.