Delmas Clyde “Butch” Collins, 60, a resident of Mabie, passed away Tuesday morning, Oct. 8, 2002, at his residence. He had been in failing health; however, death was sudden and unexpected.
He was born June 9, 1942, at Adolph, a son of the late James Henry and Gertrude Beatrice Currence Collins.
On Jan. 7, 1967, he was united in marriage to the former Linda Lou Shreve, who survives in Mabie.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Amanda and Vince Mastrogiuseppe of Coalton; one son, David Lee Collins, at home; one sister, Mrs. Foster (Bonnie Sue) Wiliams Jr. of Harding; two brothers, Philmore Collins and wife, Delores, of Adolph, and Denver Collins and wife, Linda, of Mill Creek; his mother-in-law, Geraldine Fox Shreve, who had made her home with Butch and Linda; and several nieces, nephews and a host of friends.
Preceding him in death besides his parents were two sisters, infant Jeanette Collins and Donna Jean Finlen; and his father-in-law, Clifford “Bill” Shreve.
He was a truck driver and was last employed by Consolidated Coal Co., where he had 26 years of service, retiring in 1992 after becoming disabled. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and a Methodist by faith.
Friends will be received at F.E. Runner Funeral Home Chapel Friday after 5 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted from the Runner chapel Saturday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Verl L. Simmons, pastor of the Mill Creek United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Frank Long, pastor of the Mill Creek Memorial Mission Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Brick Church Cemetery at Huttonsville.
