5th January 1931 - 12th september 2007
Retired administration officer Mr John Collins (76),
of Thoresby Road, Rainworth, was cremated at Mansfield after a service at the crematorium chapel. Born and educated at New
Cumnock, Scotland, Mr Collins had been a local resident for 42 years. After leaving school at the age of 13 he worked as a
farm hand, after which he was a stamp worker at Ayr, before joining the Army and serving with the Royal Scots Greys. Locally,
he began work at Rufford Colliery as a training officer, before becoming an administration officer, retiring in 1988 after
working for British Coal for 35 years. His interests included fishing, computers, reading, solving crosswords, holidays in
the Yorkshire Dales and yearly fishing trips with his friends. Mr Collins, who died at King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton,
leaves his wife, Mrs May Collins, two sons George and Hugh, four daughters Maggie, Helen, Sandra and Isabel, 18 grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren. Mourners were Mr and Mrs G. Collins (representing Mrs M. Collins), Ms M. Scutt and Mr A. Ayers,
Mr and Mrs P. Randall, Mrs S. Burbidge and Mr G. Struselis,Mr H. Lavender-Collins andMr I. Lavender-Collins,Mr andMrs M. Speller;
Miss V. Collins (representing Miss K. Collins and Miss H. Collins), Ms M. Wilson, Miss S. Gilder; Mr P. Scutt (representing
Lesa Cooper and family), Mr A. Scutt, Miss V. Place, Mr D. Randall, Miss T. Jordan; Miss J. Randall (representing D. Kirk),
Miss E. Randall, Mr G. Taylor, Mr and Mrs N. Randall; Mr M. Randall (representing Lindsay and Beth Randall); Mr A. Burbidge
(representing Miss C. Burbidge), Miss H. Gent; Mr A. Heath (representing A. Heath and E. Speller), Miss L. Bates; Mr and Mrs
D. Collins (representing family), Mrs A. Collins, Mrs S. Keenan and Master K. Keenan; Mr L. Hamilton (representing Mrs B.
Hamilton and family, Scotland); MrA. Hamilton Jnr (representing Mrs M. Hamilton and family, Scotland); MrsM. Van Eigden (representingMr
H. Van Eigden and family, Holland), Miss I. Hamilton, Mr and Mrs A. Hamilton; Mrs H. Webb (representing Mr and Mrs H. Collins
and family, Scotland); Mrs I. Collins (representing Mr and Mrs G. Collins and family, Scotland), Ms S. Johnson; Mr N. Heath
(representing Ann Heath and Karen Buck), Ms C. Cheetham, Miss S. Jones, Ms B. Sellars,Mr andMrs J. andM. Stewart,Mary Peat,
Dorothy Dunleavy, Mari Locker, Mr R. Fowles; Ms M. Wealleans (representing Miss R. and Mr M. Wealleans and Sally Wolfe), Mr
J. Saunders (representing June Saunders), Mr M. Bradbury (Brad), Mrs B. Wardle; Miss M. Stirland (representing P. Krokoszynski
and Mr and Mrs J. Bell), Ms J. Silcock, Mrs J. Webb, Mr A. Gilder, Myra McCulloch, Mr and Mrs D. Weir; Mr and Mrs J. Eyre
(representing Mr W. Helps), Mr M. Kettle, Mr N. Fowkes, Mr and Mrs T. Wallace, Mr and Mrs W. O’Brien, Mr and Mrs D.
Bartlet, Mr and Mrs M. Ingles, Mr and Mrs P. Morley, Mr and Mrs B. Lewis, Mr and Mrs R. Purdy, Mrs S. Robinson, Ms D. Sweeney,
Mr and Mrs K. Scutt; Mrs C. Davies (representing Mr A. Davies); Mr S. Brown (representing Mrs A. Brown), Mrs L. Denton, Mr
W. Denton, Mr H. Donaldson; Mr B. Dodd (representing Mr M. Bodey), Mr J. Dodd, Mrs C. Jewkes (Long Term Condition Team), Mrs
D. Smith (Community Matron), Mr and Mrs P. Dutton, Ms J. Lewis, Mr D. Foster, Mr R. Daley; Miss J. Chivers (representing Mr
D. Tarlton); Mrs L. Hind (representing Mr P. Hind); Mrs S. Randall (representing Mrs D. Gaut and Mrs L. Munn), Mr B. Allsop,
Mr I. Randall. Donations received in lieu of flowers are for Ashfield Community Hospital Chest Ward. The service was conducted
by the Rev B. Allsop, and arrangements were by J. W. Hutchinson.
