Mardis Wintford Collins (2012)

BOLES, COLLINS, CRAIG, GRASS, POWELL, STOUT-TRICKEY

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 1/19/2012 at 20:37:20

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Page 5A

MARDIS COLLINS, Truro

Mardis Wintford Collins, 82, of Truro died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, near his home in Truro.

Funeral services were held at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola on Saturday, Jan. 14, with interment in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Osceola, Iowa. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Broadhorn Church or Virginia Township Fire & Rescue.

Mardis, the son of Cager and Lottie (Craig) Collins, was born Sept. 3, 1929, in Weldon, Iowa. Mardis graduated from Weldon High School in 1948 as valedictorian. He was united in marriage to Leona Wanda Powell on Oct. 12, 1952, in Osceola. Mardis was a farmer and had lived on the farm near Truro for 51 years. He also worked as a sewing machine mechanic at Snowdens in Osceola, at Linfield Glove in Des Moines and as a maintenance engineer at Midwest Bag in Des Moines. He was a member of the Broadhorn Church and Gideons.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his wife, Leona Collins of Truro; his son, Terry Collins of Truro; his daughter, Vicky Stout-Trickey of Osceola; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; his brothers, Harland Collins of Weldon and Wayne Collins of Indianola; as well as many other relatives and friends.
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The Osceola Sentinel-Tribune
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Page 3, Column 1-3

Mardis Collins

Truro

Mardis Collins, 82, of Truro died Jan. 10, 2012, near his home in Truro.

Funeral services were 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Kale Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., Osceola. Interment was in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Osceola. Memorials may be directed to the Broadhorn Church or Virginia Township Fire & Rescue.

Mardis Wintford Collins, son of Lottie (Craig) and Cager Collins, was born Sept. 3, 1929, in Weldon.
Mardis graduated from Weldon High School in 1948 as valedictorian.

On Oct. 12, 1952, Mardis married Leona Wanda Powell in Osceola. Mardis was a farmer and had lived on the farm near Truro for 51 years. He also worked as a sewing machine mechanic at Snowdens in Osceola, at Linfield Glove in Des Moines and as a maintenance engineer at Midwest Bag in Des Moines.
Mardis was a member of the Broadhorn Church and Gideons.

Mardis is survived by his wife, Leona Collins of Truro; son, Terry (wife Patty) Collins of Truro; daughter, Vicky (husband Bill) Stout-Trickey of Osceola; grandchildren, Jennifer Collins of Osceola, Tony Collins of Commerce, Ga., Jill Grass of Pleasant Hill and Bobbi (husband Brian) Boles of Osceola; nine great-grandchildren; brothers, Harland (wife Avis) Collins of Weldon and Wayne (wife Deloris) Collins of Indianola; as well as other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

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