OBIT: Rachel (RAMPLING) COLLINS, 1931, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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MRS. RACHEL REBECCA COLLINS

Wife of James T. Collins, well-known Hollidaysburg grocer, died at her 
home, 200 Allegheny street, this morning at 2.15 o'clock, death being 
attributed to heart trouble following an illness of four months. She 
was the last of her immediate family. Mrs. Collins was born at 
Frankstown on March 6, 1867, the daughter of Robert and Jane Weight 
Rampling. She was active in church and fraternal circles and was the 
first past president of Camp No. 288, P.O. of A., past noble grand of 
the Universal Rebekah lodge, No. 71, and past president of Colonel 
William G. Murray circle, No. 188, Ladies of the Grand Army of the 
Republic, and was a member of the Pine Street Church of God. Surviving 
are the husband, one son, Robert H. Collins of Juniata, and one 
daughter, Mrs. Lloyd S. Suter of Linds Crossing, and six grandchildren.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday, February 23, 1931, p. 24, col. 2