Mrs. Stephen Collins, 87 years old, a pioneer resident of Grand Forks, died Saturday afternoon.
She was the former Jennie Muir, whose parents came from Edinburgh, Scotland. She was born Sept 29, 1858 in West Virginia. As a girl she lived in Pennsylvania. She later moved to Melrose, Minn., where she married the late Stephen Collins.
Mrs. Collins came to North Dakota as a bride in 1879 and settled on a farm near Manvel. She moved to Grand Forks in 1881.
An active member of St. Michael's pro-cathedral, Mrs. Collins was a pioneer member of the Altar society.
Funeral services will be held at St. Michael's at 9 AM Tuesday with Rev. William McNamee officiating. The body will lie in state at Norman's Funeral Home from noon Monday until the funeral. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. The Altar society will say rosary at 4 PM and St. Michael's church members and friends of the deceased at 8PM Monday.
Mrs. Collins is survived by two sisters: Agnes Muir, Melrose, and Mrs. Jeannette Grimes, Gray Eagle, Minn,; two sons; Albert and Raymond; four daughters; Mable, Mrs. G.O. Colborn, Mrs. Ray Dryden and Mrs. JJ Daly, all of Grand Forks; 19 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren
Mrs. Stephen Collins, 87 years old, a pioneer resident of Grand Forks, died Saturday afternoon.
She was the former Jennie Muir, whose parents came from Edinburgh, Scotland. She was born Sept 29, 1858 in West Virginia. As a girl she lived in Pennsylvania. She later moved to Melrose, Minn., where she married the late Stephen Collins.
Mrs. Collins came to North Dakota as a bride in 1879 and settled on a farm near Manvel. She moved to Grand Forks in 1881.
An active member of St. Michael's pro-cathedral, Mrs. Collins was a pioneer member of the Altar society.
Funeral services will be held at St. Michael's at 9 AM Tuesday with Rev. William McNamee officiating. The body will lie in state at Norman's Funeral Home from noon Monday until the funeral. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. The Altar society will say rosary at 4 PM and St. Michael's church members and friends of the deceased at 8PM Monday.
Mrs. Collins is survived by two sisters: Agnes Muir, Melrose, and Mrs. Jeannette Grimes, Gray Eagle, Minn,; two sons; Albert and Raymond; four daughters; Mable, Mrs. G.O. Colborn, Mrs. Ray Dryden and Mrs. JJ Daly, all of Grand Forks; 19 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren
Family Members
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Albert Edmund "Ole" Collins
1879–1968
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Thomas Andrew Collins
1882–1934
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Mabel E. Collins
1884–1967
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Gertrude Agnes Collins Colborn
1887–1967
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Agnes Gertrude Collins Colburn
1887–1967
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Florence Collins Dryden
1889–1975
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Frances Susan Collins Daly
1891–1964
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Raymond Michael Collins
1893–1949
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Harold James Collins
1895–1936
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