Russell E. Collins Jr.

Russell E. Collins, Jr., of Scranton of Glenburn, died Tuesday, April 15th at the Gino
Merli Veterans Center. He and his wife, the former Mary Connerton, would have been
married for 60 years on June 5th.

Born in Toledo, Ohio on September 11th 1921, son of the late Russell E. Collins Sr. And
Helen Coggins Collins, he moved to Glenburn at the age of 2, where he spent most of his
life. He graduated from South Kent School, Kent, Connecticut class of 1943. He served
in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a pilot and flight instructor. After his
discharge, he studied accounting at the University of Scranton. He founded Collins and
Company Accountants in 1951. He was a certified public accountant and member of the PA
Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was a member of Our Lady of the Snows
Church.

He was a survivor of both colon and liver cancer, and volunteered in the Mercy Hospital
Oncology Department. His positive outlook and "Don't ever give up" slogan inspired
thousands of patients over the years. He loved his family and friends and enjoyed
spending time in Canada every summer with his children and grandchildren and his boat. He
loved to sign, and instilling this love of music in his children. He enjoyed tennis, fly
fishing, and boating.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the entire staff at Gino Merli
Veterans Center for the wonderful care and compassion they provided.

Also surviving are a son, Russell E. Collins III, and his wife Karin, Scranton; five
daughtres, Dorothy Nally, and her husband Jim, Tunkhannock, Marcie Ewasko, and her
husband, Tony "Butch", Casselberry, FL, Lucille Ims, and her husband, Ed, Glenburn,
Laurie Klein, and her husband, Jim, Clarks Summit, and Mary Louise Baxley, Winter
Springs, FL; thirteen grandchildren and great grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday at 10am from St. Benedicts Church, Newton
Ransom Blvd., Newton Twp. Interment Hickory Grove Cemetery. Those attending the Mass are
asked to go directly to the church.

Friends may call Friday 5pm to 8pm, at the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S. State
St. Clarks Summit. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Gino Merli Recreation
Fund, 401 Penn Ave. Scranton Pa. 18503. For directions or to sign the online guest book,