Helen Shirley Logan ^{2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: LJ17-L26.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Cumberland, Allegany, MD. ⁴ The 1930 census recorded renting at 459 Columbia Street: William Mortzfildt, cubals man in a foundry, 38, living with wife Hellen S., 34; Lilian L, 10; Doris G., 3 years 8 months; and Betty D., 2 years 11 months. Everyone was born in Maryland, except Hellen and her parents in Virginia. William's parents were born in Germany. William was married at age 21 and Hellen at 17.

2. Census in 1940 in Cumberland, Allegany, MD. ⁶ The 1940 census recorded renting at 406 Columbia: Helen Mortzfeldt, 45, married, no occupation, living without her husband and with her children: Doris, 14; Betty, 12; and James, 6. Helen was born in Virginia and the children in Maryland.

3. Residence: 115 Valley St., Cumberland, MD on 6 Jul 1944 in Cumberland, Allegany, MD. ⁷

4. Newspaper: Cumberland News: "Mr. And Mrs. Alfred Beacher, Mr. And Mrs. Albert Holtman and Mr. And Mrs. Michael Kuen, Baltimore, have been visiting Mrs. Harry Leasure, Race Street.", 23 Jun 1948, Cumberland, Allegany, MD. ⁸

5. Newspaper: Cumberland Sunday Times: "Mrs. Alfred Beacher and children have returned to Baltimore after spending several weeks visiting her mother, Mrs. Harry Leasure, 320 Race Street.", 18 Jun 1950, Cumberland, Allegany, MD. ⁹

6. Obituary: Cumberland Evening Times: obituary of Mrs. Harry Leasure on 11 Apr 1969 in Cumberland, Allegany, MD. ⁵ Mrs. Harry Leasure
Hancock: Mrs. Helen S. (Mortzfeldt) Leasure, 74, or Walnut Towers, Hagerstown, died yesterday in Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown.
Born in Harrisonburg, Va., she lived in the Hancock area before moving to Hagerstown. She was a member of the Ladies Auxillary of the Hancock Fire Department and the Senior Citizens Club of Hagerstown. She was also a member of the Piney Plains United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Harry Leasure; three daughters, Mrs. Lorraine Holtman, Mrs. Doris Beacher and Mrs. Betty Quinn, all of Baltimore; one son, James F. Mortzfeldt, Hancock; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The body is at the Grove Funeral Home where friends will be received today and tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Piney Plains United Methodist Church by Rev. Richard Thrasher. Interment will be in the church cemetery. There will be no viewing at the church.

Helen married William Mortzfeldt.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (William Mortzfeldt was born on 23 Mar 1892 in Cumberland, Allegany, MD,^{1 4 10} died on 25 Dec 1966 in Cumberland, Allegany, MD ¹ and was buried on 29 Dec 1966 in Cumberland: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Allegany, MD ¹.)

Helen next married Harry Leasure. (Harry Leasure was born in 1895,¹¹ died in 1993 ¹¹ and was buried in Bellgrove: Piney Plains Methodist Church Cemetery, Allegany, MD ¹¹.)