Robert G. “Bob” Collins, 81, of Dunlap, passed away on February 6, 2014 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 10 at Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church with Rev. Timothy Johnson, Pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Memorial Park where full military rites will be accorded. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Monday, at the church. Funeral arrangements are through Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa.
Bob was born on January 7, 1933 in Peoria, to J. Wade and Eldora (Kesler) Collins. He graduated from Eureka High School and attended Eureka College in Eureka, IL. He served in the US Air Force and spent a year in Korea. Bob married Mildred “Mickey” Myre on December 26, 1954 at Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church in Ottawa. Bob worked in retail management for Montgomery Ward, Browns Sporting Goods and MC Sporting Goods. He was a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Peoria, Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, American Legion, VFW and a Charter member of Sons of Norway.
Robert is laid to rest in the Garden of the Ten Commandments.
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