Eleanor Ruth Collins
Eleanor Ruth Collins, 87, of Uniontown, Pa., died Thursday, October 13, 2005, in the Laurel Ridge Center, Uniontown, Pa. She was born May 5, 1918, in Fairchance, Pa., a daughter of the late William and Della Wilson Cooley.
In addition to her parents, her husband, Ralph Collins, Sr., three children, Charles William Collins, Ralph Collins, Jr. and Shirley Ann Collins, five brothers, Clarence, Steve, Nick, Leonard and Melvin Cooley and a sister Elsie Cunningham, precedes her in death.
Mrs. Collins was a former nursing assistant employed at the Uniontown Hospital for nearly 20 years and previously attended the Uniontown Church of God.
Surviving are a son, Larry Collins and wife, Peggy of the Pocono’s; a daughter, Kathy Pierce and her husband, Kent of Uniontown; a daughter-in-law, Betty Collins of Fairchance, Pa.; a grandson, Christopher Jordan, with whom she made her home; six additional grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the JEROME W. SHELL FUNERAL HOME, 164 South Mount Vernon Avenue, Uniontown, Pa., on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Monday until 11 a.m., the hour of service with Calvin “Junior” Cox officiating.
Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Fairchance, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Christopher Jordan, Jr., 527 Independence Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401