Obit: Collins, Henry (1888 - 1982)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Collins, King

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/22/1982

Collins, Henry (6 May 1888 – 12 July 1982)

Henry Collins, 94, of Merrillan and formerly of Humbird, died Monday, July 12, in the Family Heritage Nursing Home in Black River Falls.

Collins was born May 6, 1888, in Wisconsin. He was a World War I Veteran and had been a carpenter in the Humbird and Merrillan area for several years. The past few years he had made his home in Merrillan with his son William.

Survivors include three sons, Sidney of Loyal, Jesse of Humbird and William of Merrillan; twelve grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren .He was preceded in death by his wife, Clara, in 1950.

Services were held Thursday morning, July 15, in St. John’s United Church of Christ in Humbird with the Rev. Don King officiating, with burial in the Town of Mentor Cemetery. The Jensen Funeral Home of Hixton, was in charge of the arrangements.