COLLINS, Dennis Colfax 1868 - 1924

COLLINS, FRYER, COWEN, GREEN, CHESTER

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Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Wednesday, May 21, 1924
Front Page, Column 5

DENNIS COLLINS TAKES OWN LIFE
He Had Been Ill For Months And Had Grown Despondent As A Result

Dennis C. COLLINS, 106 Iowa avenue, well known as a traveling drug salesman over the state, took his own life early this morning as a result of depsondency following an illness of five months.

His condition had been such several weeks ago that his family had worried lest he might take such a step, but in the last few days he had improved and seemed much more cheerful. Last night he went calling with Mrs. COLLINS, spending some time at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. M. FRYER, 105 Wilson boulevard, and with his brother, Mel R. COLLINS, 120 West Burlington street. He returned home and retired early, evidently in good spirits. About 6 oclock this morning, Mrs. COLLINS awoke and, missing him, called Miss Nina Newberry, a Parsons college student who had been making her home there, and the two made a search for him, finding him hanging in the coal room in the basement. He had used a slender rope, placed a wooden box on a lump of coal and then kicked the box from under him. It was thought by coroner G. K. Dunkel that he had been dead two hours.

Funeral arrangements are pending the receipt of word from two sons, Capt. Carter COLLINS of the U. S. Army and Quinlin COLLINS, a student at the University of Hawaii, both of Honolulu. Capt. COLLINS has been in Hawaii for three years and was due for a transfer to the states and had fixed June 12 as the date of his sailing. His brother was to have come with him.

Mr. COLLINS was born near Salina October 27, 1869 and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Waltus COLLINS, well known citizens of the county. He gained his education in the rural and Fairfield schools and was graduated from the pharmacy school of Northwestern university in Chicago when he was 21 years old. He went to Packwood and was in the drug business there for three years, coming to Fairfield and engaging in the same business here for six years. Since then he has been a salesman for several wholesale drug houses, his last lonnection (sic) being with Foley & Company of Chicago.

He married Miss Gertrude R. COWEN of near Packwood March 1, 1893. She and three children--Capt Carter COLLINS and Quinlin COLLINS and Mrs. L. M. FRYER, survive. Another son, Richard, 11 years old, met death in a train accident here about six years ago.

Four brothers are living--Ira COLLINS of Los Angeles, M. R. COLLINS of Fairfield, Grant M. COLLINS of San diego, Calif., and Ernest C. COLLINS of Malvern. The late Mrs. Alonzo GREEN of Fairfield and the late Mrs. Emma CHESTER of Kansas city were his sisters.

Mr. COLLINS was a Mason and a member of the christian church, being an active worker in the latter and devoted to its interest.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Wednesday, May 21, 1924
Page Eight, Column 1

JUST AMONG OURSELVES

... --Mr. and Mrs. Jane COWEN og (sic) Packwood came this morning called here by the death of D. C. COLLINS. ...

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Thursday, May 22, 1924
Front Page, Column 6

COLLINS FUNERAL TOMORROW, 4 P.M.
Will Be Held At Late Home And Interment At Evergreen Cemetery

Funeral services for Dennis C. COLLINS will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the family home, 106 Iowa avenue, and will be in charge of Rev. R. H. Polly, pastor of the Christian church. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.

The hour was set for the convenience of those attending from a distance.

A cablegram from the two sons, Captain Carter COLLINS and Quinlin COLLINS of Honolulu, today brought the news that all steamships from that port for the United States were booked up to the limit for weeks to come and that no army transport would leave for several weeks. They expect to arrive in this country the last of June as the soonest possible date.

Ernest C. COLLINS, a brother, will arrive tonight from his home in Malvern, but a telegram from Ira COLLINS, another brother, at San Diego, Calif., said it would be impossible for him to come.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Friday, May 23, 1924
Page Eight, Column 1

JUST AMONG OURSELVES

...Earnest C. COLLINS of Malvern came yesterday afternoon called here by the death of his brother, D. C. COLLINS. ...

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Saturday, May 24, 1924
Front Page, Column 2

COLLINS FUNERAL HELD YESTERDAY
Services At Home At 4 Oclock And Interment took Place In Evergreen

Funeral services for Dennis C. COLLINS, were held yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the family home, 106 Iowa avenue, and were in charge of Rev. R. H. Polly, pastor of the Christian church of which Mr. COLLINS was a member.

Floral tributes from friends here and at a distance were received in great profusion and attested the esteem in which Mr. COLLINS was held.

Rev. Polly spoke with feeling in his sermon and Mrs. L. W. Van Nostrand, accompanied by Mrs. William Stever, sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" bearers were: Clarence P. Hague H. A. Yeager, Ed Davis, J. E. Fleming, W. H. Bangs and Harry Kilpatrick. Interment was in Evergreen cemetery.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Saturday, May 24, 1924
Page EIGHT, Column 1

JUST AMONG OURSELVES

... --M. M. Shirk of Batavia was in the city yesterday to attend the funeral of D. C. COLLINS. ...

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Monday, May 26, 1924
Page Two, Column 7

PROBATE OF WILL

State of Iowa, Jefferson County, ss.

To All Whom It May Concern:

Notice is hereby given that an instrument, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Dennis C. COLLINS, deceased, is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson county, and that June 20, A. D. 1924 at 2 oclock p.m., it being in vacation, has been set for proof and final hearing of same.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 24th day of May, 1924.

(SEAL) C. W. IRELAND.
Clerk of the District Court.
125-1 By B. H. BLAKELEY, Deputy.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, May 27, 1924
Page Seven, Column 6

OBITUARY

DENNIS C. COLLINS

Dennis C. COLLINS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter (sic - Waltus) COLLINS, was born near Salina in Jefferson county, Iowa, October 27, 1869, and departed this life at his home in Fairfield, Iowa, May 21, 1924, after an illness of nearly five months.

He gained his education in the rural and Fairfield schools and was graduated from the pharmacy school of Northwestern university in Chicago when he was 21 years old. He went to Packwood and was in the drug business there for three years, coming to Fairfield and engaging in the same business for six years. Since then he was a salesman for several wholesale drug houses, his last connection being with Foley & company of Chicago.

On March 1, 1893 he was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude R. COWEN of near Packwood. She and three children, Capt. Carter COLLINS and Quinlin COLLINS and Mrs. L. M. FRYER, survive. Another son, Richard, 11 years old, met death in a train accident here about six years ago.

Four brothers are living, Ira COLLINS, of Los Angeles, M. R. COLLINS of Fairfield, Grant M. COLLINS of San Diego, Calif., and Earnest C. COLLINS of Malvern, Iowa. Two sister (sic), Mrs. Alonzo GREEN of Fairfield and Mrs. Emma CHESTER of Kansas City, preceded him in death.

Mr. COLLINS was a Mason and member of the Christian church, being an active worker in the latter and devoted to its interests.

Funeral services were conducted from the home, 106 Iowa Avenue, Friday afternoon at four oclock by his pastor, Rev. R. H. Polly. Mrs. L. W. Van Nostrand sang "Beautiful Isle," and "Asleep In Jesus."

Interment was made in Evergreen cemetery.

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Note: Buried in Lot 1st.024. Wife Gertrude died in 1957 and is buried with him. Although his obituaries note a birth year of 1869, his gravestone has 1868 as the birth year. The 1910 and 1920 Federal Censuses indicate ages of 41 and 51, respectively, more consistent with 1868 as the birth year relative to the date the census was taken.