Bartonville - Vernon M. Collins, 76,
of Bartonville, passed away at 12:22 AM Saturday February 14, 2014 at Unity
Point Health Methodist, Peoria.
He was born April 10, 1938 in Toone,
TN to John V. and Mattie (Kelley) Collins. He married Joan Nolen on November 4,
1955 in Corinth, MS, she survives.
Surviving are three children, Bettye
(Terry) Short of Bellevue, Phyllis (Mike) Raker of Bellevue, and Pam (Rick)
Catoner of San Bernardino, CA; five grandchildren, Cody Raker, Jessica (Luke)
Kerley, Jennifer (Jeremy) Vincze, Amanda Short, and Tara (Ian) Wilkey; one
great grandson, Wyatt Wilkey; and one brother, Terry (Sally) Collins of Madrid,
NY.
His parents and one brother precede
him in death.
He retired from Keystone after 42
years of service, where he was a Forman at the Steel Mill.
He was a member of the Bartonville
American Legion Post 979 and Bartonville V.F.W. He was a 32nd
Degree Mason. He cooked fish for many years for the Bartonville Fish Fry
and was one of the first to fry fish for the Keystone Retiree fish Fry.
He loved woodworking, hunting, fishing, shooting trap, and working in his
garden.
Vern served in the National Guard.
Services will be held at 6:00 PM
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Endsley-Sedgwick Funeral Home, Bartonville, where
visitation will be held two hours prior. Rev. Gerald Steffy will
officiate.
Cremation Rites will take place
following the service. Burial of cremated remains will be held at a later
date at White Chapel Memory Gardens, Canton.
Memorials may be made to the
Diabetes Foundation or the American Heart Association.
To view Vern’s memorial DVD or send
the family condolences online, please visit www.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com
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