Person:Helen Collins (4)

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Helen Orpha Collins
m. 6 Jun 1907
  1. Verna Ella Collins1909 - 1987
  2. Neva Mae Collins1913 - 1991
  3. Helen Orpha Collins1915 - 1953
  4. Cornelius Eugene Collins1918 - 1981
  5. Areta Jane Collins1920 - 2008
Facts and Events
Name Helen Orpha Collins
Alt Name Orpha Helen Collins
Alt Name Orpha Helen Collins
Gender Female
Birth[1] 27 Jan 1915 Vienna, Oneida County, NY
Census? 1920
Census? 1930
Death[2] 26 Mar 1953 Vienna, Oneida County, NY
Other? 27 Mar 1953 Obituary; See Notes
Burial[3] 29 Mar 1953 Higginsville (Grove) Cemetery, Twn Verona, Oneida County, NY

Census 1920, Town of Verona, Oneida County, NY: Collins, Eugene C. - Head " Orpha H. - Daughter - Female - White - Age 4 6/12 - Born New York

Census 1930, Vienna Village, Oneida County, NY: INDEXED AS "CALLINS" Collins, Eugene C. - Head " Orpha H. - Daughter - Female - White - Age 15 - Attends school - Born New York

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Utica Daily Press, 27 Mar 1953: DEATH CLAIMS MISS COLLINS, MISSIONARY, 38 Vienna-- Miss Helen Orpha Collins, 38, former missionary in Nairobi, East Africa, died Mar. 26, 1953 in the home of her parents here. She had been in failing health since returning here from Nairobi in October 1951. Miss Collins had been a Seventh Day Adventist missionary in Africa for two and a half years. Prior to that she had taught in schools in the United States. She was born Jan. 27, 1915 in Vienna, a daughter of Eugene and Clara Coe Collins. She attended the Seventh Day Adventist Church school here, Union Springs Academy, and was graduated from Camden High School and Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster MA. Subsequently, Miss Collins taught in Rome, Norridgewock ME, Union Springs Academy, and prior to going to East Africa she served for two and a half years on the faculty of Adelphi Academy, Holly, Mich. She leaves her parents, three sisters, Mrs. Harold Claus and Mrs. William Barclay, both of Vienna, and Mrs. Ellsworth Scott, Blossvale; a brother, Cornelius Collins, Baltimore; eight nieces and seven nephews. The funeral will be... Sunday from the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Elder D.E. Klam, Rome, officiating. Burial will be in Higginsville Cemetery.

References
  1. Old Fulton NY Postcards. (Name: Electronic;)
    Utica Daily Press, 27 Mar 1953:.

    DEATH CLAIMS MISS COLLINS, MISSIONARY, 38 Vienna-- Miss Helen Orpha Collins, 38, ... She was born Jan. 27, 1915 in Vienna, a daughter of Eugene and Clara Coe Collins.

  2. Old Fulton NY Postcards. (Name: Electronic;)
    Utica Daily Press, 27 Mar 1953:.

    DEATH CLAIMS MISS COLLINS, MISSIONARY, 38 Vienna-- Miss Helen Orpha Collins, 38, .. died Mar. 26, 1953 in the home of her parents here.

  3. Old Fulton NY Postcards. (Name: Electronic;)
    Utica Daily Press, 27 Mar 1953:.

    DEATH CLAIMS MISS COLLINS, MISSIONARY, 38 Vienna-- Miss Helen Orpha Collins, 38,.. The funeral will be... Sunday from the Seventh Day Adventist Church. . Burial will be in Higginsville Cemetery.