Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Collins, Lucille Jeanette    February 5, 2009
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 2/7/2009 
  Collins, Lucille Jeanette   
   
  Lucille Jeanette Collins, nee Myers, who has died aged 88 years, 6 months, and 
  17 days, was a homemaker, mother, grandmother, and bookkeeper. She completed 
  her earthly journey on Thursday, February 5, 2009, at the M.S Hershey Medical 
  Center. Lucille Collins was the eldest daughter of Russell Coble Myers, a 
  native of Middletown, and Stella May (Strack) Myers, a descendant of a pioneer 
  family who settled in and around Heidelberg Township in the 18th century. She 
  was born in the Shirk homestead at 532 North Eighth Street, Lebanon, but spent 
  her fortnative years in Cleona. She was a 1938 graduate of Lebanon High School. 
  Mrs. Collins was retired from Saylor's Pharmacy, Lebanon, where she served as 
  bookkeeper for several decades, and from the Lebanon office of H & R Block, 
  where she was a processor. Within the Lebanon community. Mrs. Collins was a 
  member of St. John's Reformed Congregation of the United Church of Christ for 
  68 years, and was formerly active in the church's St. John's Guild. She held 
  membership in the Historic Preservation Trust of Lebanon County, and was a life 
  member of the Friends of the Chestnut Street Log House, a trust project. Mrs. 
  Collins especially enjoyed her visits to Mt. Gretna, and attended a variety of 
  musical programs there. Lucille Collins was the widow of Merritt John Collins, 
  to whom she was wife and helpmeet for 53 years. Mr. Collins died in 1993. Of 
  this union, there are two children, Gerald A. Collins of Lebanon and Mt. 
  Gretna, and Peggy J. (Collins) Seibert of Mt. Gretna. In addition to her 
  children, she is survived by a grandson, Spencer Collins Seibert of Annapolis, 
  Maryland; and the following siblings - a brother, Donald Russell Myers, husband 
  of Marilyn (Furrier) Myers of Enid, Oklahoma; sisters Eleanor Marie, wife of 
  Joseph G.D. Magazino of Santa Maria, California, Doris Louise, wife of William 
  G. Yates II of Merritt lsland, Florida; and Janet Lorraine, wife of Robert H. 
  Trautman of Lebanon. Also surviving are a sister-in-law, Ruth Collins Barry of 
  Palm Coast Florida; and a brother-in-law, Wayne A. Muldoon of Palmyra. Mrs. 
  Collins will also be sorely missed by her cousins and a host of nephews and 
  nieces, and lifelong friends. Services in celebration of the life of Lucille 
  Jeanette (Myers) Collins will be held at the Rohland Funeral Home, 508 
  Curnberiand Street, Lebanon, on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at 11 a.m. 
  Interment will follow at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, 235 Maple Street, Lebanon. Prior 
  to the service, visitation will be honored beginning at 9:30 a.m. Memorials 
  will be appreciated to St. John's United Church of Christ, 925-931 Willow 
  Street, Lebanon, PA 17046, and earmarked for the Stained Glass Window Fund. The 
  window fund is used for the ongoing restoration of the Belcher mosaic stained 
  glass windows in the church sanctuary. The family thanks you for your support.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 2/7/2009  
  
  
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