George Howard Collins Jr.

Obituary for GEORGE H. COLLINS

George Howard Collins Jr., 87, of Dunnellon, died Thursday (9/12) at the Citrus Hospice House in Lecanto. He was born October 20, 1925 in Fair Oaks, New York, to the late George H. Sr. and Harriet Van Sickle Collins.

Mr. Collins retired from Orange and Rockland Utilities in New York and served honorably in the United States Navy during WW II as 2nd Torpedoman and also in the United States Army during the Korean Occupation as a Buck Sergeant.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Dunnellon; the VFW; American Legion Post (Dunnellon); and Disabled Veterans of America.

Three brothers and four sisters preceded him in death. Surviving family includes his wife of sixty three years, Betty (Terwilliger) Collins of Dunnellon; children George H. Collins III, Steven J. Collins, and Kathleen Collins, all of Dunnellon;  grandchildren  Meredith Collins (New York), Shavonne Collins (North Carolina), George Raymond Collins (Florida), Michelle (Leo) Raponi (New York), Allison (John) Perez (New York), Dominic (Francine) Raponi (New York); Nine Great Grandchildren (Devin Greer, Arionna Russo, Amanda, Erin and Brett Berlin, Victoria and Kaitlyn McComb, Kayla and Nicole Perez); sisters in law Dorothy Freer and Rayella Beaudin both of Dunnellon; and several nieces and nephews.

A Funeral Service, honoring his life and service to his country, will be conducted on Tuesday (9/17) 6:00 PM at the Roberts Funeral Home Chapel, 19939 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Dunnellon, with Pastor Eddie Fulford, First United Methodist Church in Dunnellon, and the Watt-Rives American Legion Post # 58 in Dunnellon.  Family and friends will visit on Tuesday (9/17) from 5:00 PM until service time at the funeral home.

Private interment Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida.

The family suggests, if you wish, memorial donations to the First United Methodist Church Building Fund, 21501 West Highway 40, Dunnellon, FL 34431 (352-489-4026) or Hospice of Citrus County, 3350 West Audubon Park Path, Lecanto, FL 34462 (352-745-6578).

Funeral arrangements are under the care of the Roberts Funeral Home of Dunnellon.