William E. Collins
CALDWELL—William E. (Shorty) Collins, 63 of 1106 Blaine, a resident of Caldwell for 12 years, died Sunday evening in a local hospital after several weeks illness.
Mr. Collins was born Feb. 11, 1898, in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and later lived in Texas. He was married Nov. 23, 1940, in Nyssa to Lolita Watson and they moved to California the following year. He was employed at the Lockheed Aircraft factory during World War II. They came to Caldwell in 1949 and he since had been an inspector of hop fields for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
In addition to Mrs. Collins, he is survived by a son, William Leo Collins of Sacramento, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Anna Marie Steuer of Portland; a step-son, Merlin Smith of Vancouver, Wash.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Phyllis Shafer of Burley, and 15 grandchildren.
The Flahiff Chapel is arranging services.
Idaho Daily Statesman, Tuesday, December 19, 1961 Page 14
The Idaho Death Index lists his mother as Uluar Strather, but the 1900 census places him in the household of Ben and Nettie Collins as a step-son.
He married Mary Eula Hendrix about 1917 and they had two sons, Leo and Walter, as the family moved first to Colorado and then to California.
Research provides that the couple divorced in the mid-1930s and William moved on to Canyon County, Idaho. There, he met and married Lolita Smith (nee Watson).
Research is from U.S. Census, Draft Registration, Idaho Death Index, SSDI, Idaho newspaper notices of death and the obituary of his second wife, Lolita Collins.
Courtesy - David Oxford (#46875582) 5/7/2015
CALDWELL—William E. (Shorty) Collins, 63 of 1106 Blaine, a resident of Caldwell for 12 years, died Sunday evening in a local hospital after several weeks illness.
Mr. Collins was born Feb. 11, 1898, in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and later lived in Texas. He was married Nov. 23, 1940, in Nyssa to Lolita Watson and they moved to California the following year. He was employed at the Lockheed Aircraft factory during World War II. They came to Caldwell in 1949 and he since had been an inspector of hop fields for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
In addition to Mrs. Collins, he is survived by a son, William Leo Collins of Sacramento, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Anna Marie Steuer of Portland; a step-son, Merlin Smith of Vancouver, Wash.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Phyllis Shafer of Burley, and 15 grandchildren.
The Flahiff Chapel is arranging services.
Idaho Daily Statesman, Tuesday, December 19, 1961 Page 14
The Idaho Death Index lists his mother as Uluar Strather, but the 1900 census places him in the household of Ben and Nettie Collins as a step-son.
He married Mary Eula Hendrix about 1917 and they had two sons, Leo and Walter, as the family moved first to Colorado and then to California.
Research provides that the couple divorced in the mid-1930s and William moved on to Canyon County, Idaho. There, he met and married Lolita Smith (nee Watson).
Research is from U.S. Census, Draft Registration, Idaho Death Index, SSDI, Idaho newspaper notices of death and the obituary of his second wife, Lolita Collins.
Courtesy - David Oxford (#46875582) 5/7/2015
William E. Collins
CALDWELL—William E. (Shorty) Collins, 63 of 1106 Blaine, a resident of Caldwell for 12 years, died Sunday evening in a local hospital after several weeks illness.
Mr. Collins was born Feb. 11, 1898, in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and later lived in Texas. He was married Nov. 23, 1940, in Nyssa to Lolita Watson and they moved to California the following year. He was employed at the Lockheed Aircraft factory during World War II. They came to Caldwell in 1949 and he since had been an inspector of hop fields for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
In addition to Mrs. Collins, he is survived by a son, William Leo Collins of Sacramento, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Anna Marie Steuer of Portland; a step-son, Merlin Smith of Vancouver, Wash.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Phyllis Shafer of Burley, and 15 grandchildren.
The Flahiff Chapel is arranging services.
Idaho Daily Statesman, Tuesday, December 19, 1961 Page 14
The Idaho Death Index lists his mother as Uluar Strather, but the 1900 census places him in the household of Ben and Nettie Collins as a step-son.
He married Mary Eula Hendrix about 1917 and they had two sons, Leo and Walter, as the family moved first to Colorado and then to California.
Research provides that the couple divorced in the mid-1930s and William moved on to Canyon County, Idaho. There, he met and married Lolita Smith (nee Watson).
Research is from U.S. Census, Draft Registration, Idaho Death Index, SSDI, Idaho newspaper notices of death and the obituary of his second wife, Lolita Collins.
Courtesy - David Oxford (#46875582) 5/7/2015
CALDWELL—William E. (Shorty) Collins, 63 of 1106 Blaine, a resident of Caldwell for 12 years, died Sunday evening in a local hospital after several weeks illness.
Mr. Collins was born Feb. 11, 1898, in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and later lived in Texas. He was married Nov. 23, 1940, in Nyssa to Lolita Watson and they moved to California the following year. He was employed at the Lockheed Aircraft factory during World War II. They came to Caldwell in 1949 and he since had been an inspector of hop fields for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
In addition to Mrs. Collins, he is survived by a son, William Leo Collins of Sacramento, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Anna Marie Steuer of Portland; a step-son, Merlin Smith of Vancouver, Wash.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Phyllis Shafer of Burley, and 15 grandchildren.
The Flahiff Chapel is arranging services.
Idaho Daily Statesman, Tuesday, December 19, 1961 Page 14
The Idaho Death Index lists his mother as Uluar Strather, but the 1900 census places him in the household of Ben and Nettie Collins as a step-son.
He married Mary Eula Hendrix about 1917 and they had two sons, Leo and Walter, as the family moved first to Colorado and then to California.
Research provides that the couple divorced in the mid-1930s and William moved on to Canyon County, Idaho. There, he met and married Lolita Smith (nee Watson).
Research is from U.S. Census, Draft Registration, Idaho Death Index, SSDI, Idaho newspaper notices of death and the obituary of his second wife, Lolita Collins.
Courtesy - David Oxford (#46875582) 5/7/2015
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