Freddie & Teddy Collins 1973

Freddie & Teddy at Grandma & Grandpa Collins' home on Amesbury Court Sarnia Ontario Canada 1973

Happy Birthday Bro!

Happy 37th Ted

Aiden Xavier Thomas Collins: born March 17th, 2006

Motherly Love

Shannon and Aiden

Aiden 7 months old

Aiden 6 weeks old

Owen Collins

Owen Collins 6 1/2 years old

Owen Collins 5 1/2 years old

Wes Collins

Wesley Collins 9 1/2 years old, grade 4, 2006

Services for the late Sarah Collins

Visitation
Will be held
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Friday, January 12, 2007

Mass of Christian Burial
Will be Celebrated
11:00 a.m. Friday January 12, 2007
Sacred Heart Church
Interment to follow
Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery

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 Lapenseé, Loretta and Bill Pryor and Jane Morrison; grandchildren Fred, Ted, Joshua, Michele, Shannon, Shawn Collins, Jacqueline, Theresa, Suzanne and Reneé Lapenseé, 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 will be planted in memory of Sarah Collins in the McKenzie & Blundy Memorial Forest. Dedication service Sunday, September 16th, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wawanosh Wetlands Conservation Area.

Sarah Theresa (Warde) Collins: Sept. 1, 1918 - Jan. 9, 2006

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free!
I follow the plan God laid for me.
I saw His face, I heard His call,
I took His hand and left it all...
I could not stay another day,
To love, to laugh, to work or play;
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
And if my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss...
Ah yes, these things I, too, shall miss.
My life's been full, I've savoured much:
Good times, good friends, a loved-one's touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief—
Don't shorten yours with undue grief.
Be not burdened with tears of sorrow,
Enjoy the sunshine of the morrow.

In loving memory of my Grandma (Sally) Sarah Theresa Collins (nee Warde)

born Sept. 1, 1918 in Ballyrourke, The Neale, Co Mayo, Ireland

passed away at 10 o’clock this morning surrounded by family, Jan. 9, 2006, at the Vision Nursing Home Sarnia, Ontario, Canada


Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there... I do not sleep.
I am the thousand winds that blow...
I am the diamond glints on snow...
I am the sunlight on ripened grain...
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you waken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of gentle birds in circling flight...
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry—
I am not there... I did not die...

Sally & Freddy 1947

January 1947, Grandma and dad (Fred sr.)

My maternal great grandparents Daniel and Nellie Mae Giberson

Daniel M. Giberson and Nellie Mae (Post) Giberson my maternal great grandparents, 1947.

In 1947 my mom’s grandma and grandpa both secretly had their portraits taken to present to the other for their wedding anniversary. I guess the old saying that great grandparents think alike is true, or is great minds think alike, either way it works for me.

Fred & John, April 1955

Fred 9 and John 7 in front of their Grandparents Craighurst General Store April 1955.

Michael Warde

Grandma's older brother Michael

Winnifred Anne (Warde) Curran

Grandma's younger sister Winnie