Naoma Logie

Naoma Elizabeth Goring Logie, 90, passed away on May 18, 2014, surrounded by her loved ones. Naoma was born on July 1, 1923, third beautiful daughter of Martha Gunther and Edmund Fritz Goring, German immigrants who came to Salt Lake City “to gather to Zion” from East Germany. She attended Hawthorne Elementary School and graduated in 1941 from South High School where she was involved in student government, the school newspaper, and sang in a quartet with her sister, Ruth, and friends. They were in demand at Mission Farewell meetings. They sang, “M is for Mother” on the radio one Mother’s Day, but the best renditions were to her posterity for years to come, serenading a family group just last week on Mother’s Day! She still remembered the words, and everyone will cherish that precious moment. After graduation she worked at J. C. Penney downtown Salt Lake City as their customer service and mail order supervisor.

Naoma married her soldier sweetheart, Arthur A. Logie, of Fairfield, CT, on December 17, 1943. They raised their family in Fairfield and Trumbull, CT as well as Bayport, Long Island, where Naoma created homes of the highest spiritual and cultural standards. Love abided there. She was the consummate homemaker, preparing delicious meals daily and sewing her children’s beautiful clothes, ironing even the diapers! Perhaps she expressed her love for beauty best in her gardens bedecked with numerous varieties of flowers and bushes.

She was a devoted, caring, kind daughter, sister, wife and mother as well as a loyal and compassionate friend. A faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she was a stalwart and committed visiting teacher, often traveling miles and miles all day to bring love and joy to each assigned sister. Long after her own youth had vanished she tended to the needs of the elderly in her ward. As Relief Society counselor and president, she and her fellow members produced and sold tons (literally) of fudge for two decades to raise sufficient funds for the construction of one of the first ward buildings in southern Connecticut. For many years the children of the Trumbull Ward developed strong testimonies under her guidance as Junior Sunday School coordinator.

She supported her children in their scouting, sports and church activities. Eventually she worked to support them at college and on missions by working as a most successful advertising manager for the local newspaper. Mother was their best friend and most loyal fan.

Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren became her greatest delights, and she never hesitated to babysit them for weeks on end while her children vacationed! She endeared herself to them with parties, picnics, summer fun at the beach, endless games and antics, attending performances and games, and holiday meals presented on linen with china and silver — always! Her packages of individually wrapped chocolate chip cookies will long be missed as will her amazing éclairs for dessert. Her sense of humor and unconditional love will be hallmarks of the angel they called Grandma.

Her posterity is eternally grateful to her for passing the torch of testimony from one generation to another. She loved the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but more– she lived the gospel of love, as Christ would have wanted her to do. We doubt not that our mother and grandmother knew it. Her dreams came true when she was sealed to her husband and children in December of 2004. Naoma endured to the end and she endured well.

Naoma is survived by her son, David Edmund Logie (Brenda) of North Granby, CT; her daughter, Susan Logie Hilbig (Keith) of Farmington, Utah; her sister, Marva Hatch (Kendall) of Draper, Utah; ten married grandchildren and forty-three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and three sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at the Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, Utah, where friends may call Tuesday 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and also Monday evening, May 26, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.