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Surnames: Collins, Polhamus, Kohlbaugh, McNamara, Clark
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"The Vidette - Messenger," Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, Obituary, Monday,
6 Mar 1967, page 5.
ANDREW A. COLLINS
Services for Andrew (Andy) Collins, 63, RFD 1, Cooks Corners, a retired rural Valparaiso
mail carrier who died at 7 a. m. Sunday in Porter Memorial hospital, will be held at
2"30 p. m. Tuesday at the Bartholomew Funeral home.
The Rev. Raymond King, First Baptist church, will officiate with burial in Graceland
cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today.
Born Jan. 15, 1904, in Valparaiso, he was the son of John B. [should be D.] and Kittie
(Polhamus) Collins. On Aug 22, 1953 he married [2nd] Flora E. Kohlbaugh, who survives.
Surviving besides the widow are two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Phyllis) McNamara,
Valparaiso, and Mrs. Betty Clark, Richmond, Ind.; six grandchildren, and one sister, Miss
Annetta Collins, Crystal Lake, Ill.
A life-long resident of Porter county, Collins retired in 1962 after being a rural mail
carrier for 33 years. He was a member of the Porter County Protective association, Porter
County Conservation club and Indiana Civil Defense. He worked for the county
assessor's office for several years.
Collins was an amateur radio operator with the call letters of W9HDB.