Thursday, January 4, 1923
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR L.E. COLLINS
Under the auspices of Grangeville Veteran post, American Legion, funeral services for Lonnie Earl Collins were held Sunday afternoon at 2 from the Maugg parlors.
The body of Mr. Collins arrived in Grangeville Friday night from Portland. W.N. Knox, minister, officiated at the services. Burial was in Prairie View Cemetery.
Mr. Collins was born at Howard, Kansas, March 10, 1884. When a boy, he removed with his parents to Missouri and then to Chadron Nebraska. In 1900 the family came to Grangeville and has since resided in this vicinity.
In July 1918, Mr. Collins enlisted in the U.S. army at Spokane, and assigned to duty at Camp Holibird, near Baltimore, Maryland. He was honorably discharged from the arm at Camp Lewis, Wn., March 4, 1919.
Surviving him are his aged father, Solomon C. Collins in Grangeville; two sisters, Mrs. Laura Whitney, Wawawai, Wn. and Mr. Lulu Snapp, Seattle; three brothers, Orville Collins, Woodland, Cal.,; Eugene Collins, Ten Sleep, Wyo. And William Collins, Tacoma, Wn.