| Miss May Collins
May Louise Collins of 701 S. W. 2nd St., Aledo, Illinois died
at Mercer County Hospital in Aledo at 11:30 p.m. April 5, 1978. She was
born in Viola, on August 21, 1897, to William R. Collins and Annie Lucas
Collins. She was preceded in death by a twin brother, Ray R. Collins and
a brother Dean W. Collins.
She attended school at Viola and Alexis, graduating from Alexis
High School. Most of her life was spent at Viola, and in 1971 she moved to Aledo.
In 1920-21 she attended Western Illinois State Teachers College,
now Western Illinois University at Macomb, and started teaching in the
public schools of Illinois in 1921, where she taught 42 years, then one
year in Iowa. Six years were spent teaching at the former Roosevelt
Military Academy at Aledo, retiring in 1973.
She is survived by a nephew, William J. Collins of Mundelein, two
nieces, Mrs. Mary Collins Swanson of Galesburg, and Mrs. Ann Collins
Barry of Overland Park, Kansas, and a number of cousins.
Funeral services were held at Reiser Funeral Home in Aledo on
Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Visitation was Friday evening at the funeral home.
Memorials may be sent to American Cancer Society.
(Aledo Times Record, April 1978)
Note: Viola Cemetery. |
