Ronald J. Logan, retailer in Ontario for 40 years
Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, January 18, 2011
LONDON, Ontario — Ron Logan, a longtime furniture and appliance retailer in southwestern Ontario until his retirement in 1997, has died.
Ronald Joseph Logan founded what would become known as Patton's Place Furniture in 1958 with partner Gord Patton.
Over the next 40 years or so, the store grew to become one of the largest independent furniture and appliance retailers in the region.
Logan was the spokesman and chief sales driver for the business, serving as its television and radio pitch man and walking the sales floor, while Patton handled the administrative side of the operation.
They retired in 1997 after selling their building to Bill Tepperman, then president of Windsor, Ontario-based Tepperman's Furniture. The store operated under the Tepperman's banner until a new facility was built and opened in 2008.
Logan was also active in the community and in 1967, was the first London resident to raise $1 million for a local charity - United Community Services, now known as the United Way. He also actively supported a number of other community organizations. In 1998, Logan and Patton were inducted into the London Business Hall of Fame and in 2005 Logan received an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario.
Logan is survived by his wife, Annabelle, four daughters and eight grandchildren. A funeral service was held last week at First St. Andrews United Church in London.
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