Obituary of Sarah Theresa Collins

COLLINS - SARAH THERESA "SALLY"� (WARDE) COLLINS, 88 years, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2007 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Born in Ballinrobe, The Neale, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Daughter of the late Winifred (Heskin) and Patrick Warde. She married Norman F. Collins in 1943 - Sutton, Surrey, England. Came to Canada in June 1945. She helped her husband with N.F. Collins Construction Company, was a foster parent and a CWL member at Sacred Heart Church. Survived by her children Fred and Elaine, John and Linda Collins, Mary and Guy Lapensee, Loretta and Bill Pryor and Jane Morrison; grandchildren Fred, Ted, Joshua, Michele, Shannon, Shawn Collins, Jacqueline, Theresa, Suzanne and Renee Lapensee, Lisa, Steven, Jennifer and Meara Pryor, Nicole and James Morrison and the late Geraldine Collins; and great-grandchildren Jessica, Owen, Wesley and Aiden Collins; sisters Winifred and husband Pat Curran and Jennie Flanagan of England; brother-in-law Mick Murphy of England; and sister-in-law Nora Warde of Ireland. Predeceased by three brothers and four sisters. Special thanks to Vision Nursing home staff, Dr. W. Gannon, Fr. Len Dejardins and the McKenzie & Blundy Funeral Home. Friends will be received at the McKENZIE & BLUNDY FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTRE, 431 Christina St. N., Sarnia, on Friday, January 12th from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Sacred Heart Church at 11 a.m. which will be celebrated by Fr. Len Desjardins. Interment Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, friends who wish may send memorial donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 774 London Rd., Sarnia N7T 4Y1. Messages of condolence & memories may be left at www.mckenzieblundy.com A tree has been planted in memory of Sarah Collins in the McKenzie & Blundy Memorial Forest.