Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Elizabeth COLLINS

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Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, <rmontgomery@cishome.com> February 2007

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MRS. JOHN COLLINS, 75 ANSWERS FINAL CALL

Funeral Services Held Wednesday in St. Paul's Church; Buried in Janesville

Mrs. John Collins, 75, a resident of this city for the past 14 years and a
life-long resident of Rock County, died in her home at 122 South First
Street, at 2:45 p.m. Sunday. She had been failing in health for the past
two months.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 9 a.m. in St. Paul Catholic church,
the Rev. Father Mahoney officiating. Burial was made in Mt. Olivet
cemetery, Janesville.

Mrs. Collins, formerly Miss Elizabeth Mc Mahon, was born Dec. 16, 1854 in
Footville and was married to John Collins Nov. 27, 1875. Following her
marriage she lived in the town of Porter moving to this city 14 years ago.
She was a member of St. Paul's church here.

Besides a wide circle of friends, she is survived by eight children, three
daughters, Mrs. James Barrett, Edgerton; Mrs. Harold Atkinson, Klevenville;
and Mrs. Steve Putman, this city; five sons, Jerome and John, Janesville,
Joe, Genoa, Ill., and Foncie and Mark, this city; 15 grandchildren; two
great grandchildren; two brothers, Patrick and John Mc Mahon, Orr, N. D.;
and two sisters, Mrs. John Duffy and Mrs. Andrew McKeone, Bayard, Ia., Mr.
Collins died July 15, 1915.

October 24, 1929, Evansville Review, p. 1, Evansville, Wisconsin