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- ? George Collins, retired foreman at Owens, Illinois, dies. George W. Collins, 70, route four (Town of Bradley) a retired Owens-Illinois woodroom forman, died on suddenly Friday afternoon in Sacred Heart hospital. Mr. Collins came to Tomahawk at the age of 6. He was born May 12, 1895 in Mosinee to Frank and Harriet Crocker Collins and was married on to Rose Nibler September 24, 1921 in Tomahawk. He served overseas during World War I with the army. Survivors are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Samuel (Catherine) Pillitteri, Springdale, Pennsylvania, two sons, George F. Collins, Union Grove, and Donald G. Collins, Tomahawk, two brothers William, Wausau, and Roy, Tomahawk, a sister, Mrs. Jenny Irick, Wausau, and 19 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Also surviving are another sister, Mrs. Mary Cooper, Racine, and a greatgrandson. Services were at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday in Nick and Sons funeral home, with the Reverend Ronert O?Neil, pastor of the Tomahawk Methodist church, officiating. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers were Lawrence Schufletowski, Ben Nibler, Henry Nibler, Jacob Schmidtbauer, Frank Schmidtbauer and James Roth.
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