Submitted by: Dan Rich

Jean Evelyn Collins

Dec. 27, 1928 - April 4, 1998

South Bend Tribune 4/8/1998

Jean Evelyn Collins, 69, of Balston Circle, South Bend, Ind., formerly of Brick Road, South Bend, died at 2:40 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She was born on Dec. 27, 1928, in South Bend, to Ethel (Bestle) and Clarence Ashley, who both preceded her in death. On Sept. 24, 1947, in South Bend, as Jean E. Ashley, she married Lee Collins, who survives. She is also survived by her daughters, Linda (Victor) Steinhoffer, Judy (John) Paczesny, Patty (Tom) Triplet, all of South Bend, Joyce (Larry) Gussman of Rolling Prairie, Ind.; her son, James L. (Kay) Collins of South Bend; her grandchildren, Kris (Jeff) Beatty of Indianapolis, Ind., Gary and Kevin Paczesny of South Bend, Dale Mathews in the U.S. Air Force, Kim, Lorrie and Holly Triplet, all of South Bend, Shelly (Tim) Ebersol of South Bend, Scott and Sarah Collins of South Bend; her great-grandchildren, Jordan Beatty of Indianapolis, Victoria and Bradley Ebersol of South Bend; two sisters, Ruth (George) Palm of LaPorte, Ind., and Betty (Roger) Slater of Yorba Linda, Calif.; and by a brother, Warren (Aletha) Ashley of South Bend. Mrs. Collins retired in 1996 from Sears, Roebuck & Company after 38 years of employment, where she had been employed as an accounting clerk. She was a member of Northwest United Methodist Church, South Bend.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today in the Welsheimer Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road, South Bend. Rev. Ronald Dixon of Northwest United Methodist Church will conduct services. Friends called from 4 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend. The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to Northwest United Methodist Church, 21855 Brick Road, South Bend, IN 46628; or to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.