1942-1999
Graveside services for Dorlene Collins, 57, of Gainesville will be held at 10 am Thursday, Nov. 18 at Pontiac Cemetery in Pontiac with Father Gerard Fuller officiating. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 pm Wednesday, Nov. 17 at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Gainesville.
Mrs. Collins died at 6 pm Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, at Baxter County Regional Hospital in Mountain Home, Ark. She was born May 19, 1942, in Kinsman, Kan., the daughter of William T. and Lauren Henning Mertens. On Feb. 28, 1963, she was married to W. D. Collins in Mountain Home, Ark.
She was an owner/operator of Chaney Monument Company and a member of the St. Williams Catholic Church.
She is survived by her husband, W. D. Collins of the home; her mother, Laurine Mertens; a brother, Theodore Mertens of Wichita, Kan.; and a sister, Joyce Carron of Kansas City.
She was preceded in death by her father and a brother.
Pallbearers will be Stan Chaney, Junior Collins, Tom Wray, David Carron, Jeffery Carron and Gregory Carron. Honorary pallbearers will be Stephen Carron and David Johnson.
Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Gainesville, directors.