- Helen R. Collins, 83, passed away on Saturday. Mar. 14, 2009 at Pennybyrn at Maryfield in High Point, NC. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, 11:30 am at Resthaven Memory Gardens in Avon, OH. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 7 to 9 pm at the Dicicco-Berry Funeral Home in Westlake, Ohio.
Mrs. Collins was born in Lee County, VA, the daughter of Luther H. and Lula L.( Massingill) Ridings. Mrs. Collins was a longtime resident of Cleveland and spent her later years in Sheffield Lake, OH.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin H. “Junior” Collins, her eldest son, Luther Wayne Collins and eldest daughter, Janice Darlene O’Neal.Surviving are her daughters, Gwen Beattie and husband Thomas of Greensboro, NC and Marilyn Goshorn and husband James of Sheffield Lake, OH and son, Edward Collins and wife Monica of Seven Hills, OH. Grandchildren surviving are Sue Ailor and husband David, James Davis; Benjamin, David and John Collins, Jennifer O’Connell and husband Jacob, Amanda Mestrovich and husband Jason, Katelyn Collins, Patricia Tatsumi-Ficht and husband Lee, Sarah Beattie and Shannan Beattie; great-grandchildren; Crystal Davis, Dana Ailor, Heather Johnson, Stephanie Davis, Brandon Tatsumi, Ryan Ficht, Michael Collins, Hailey Collins, Evelyn and Sydney O’Connell, Brandon and Dylan Mestrovich; great-great-grandchildren, Bailey Smith, Cheyanne Davis, Dakota Dixon, and Addison Wise.
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1925 - 2009 (83 years)
