Paul V. Collins

Paul Vernon Collins, son of Lara Collins and Martha Larkin Collins, was born March 4, 1913, in Jefferson, Iowa and died February 16, 2005 at Bishop Drumm Care Center in Johnston, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 11 months and 12 days. Paul was raised in the Farnhamville and Lohrville areas before the family made their home at Cooper. On May 21, 1932, Paul was united in marriage to Dorothy Mildred Lee at Panora, Iowa. They were the parents of 1 daughter, Joyce. Paul was a farmer and the family made their home in Guthrie and Greene counties before moving to Jefferson in 1963. As Dorothy's health failed, they moved to Bishop Drumm Care Center in Johnston, Iowa. Paul and Dorothy shared a love for gardening. Paul was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Jefferson, where he regularly ushered for Sunday services. Paul was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Dorothy; his daughter Joyce Rasmussen and her husband Ken; his granddaughter Luanne Rasmussen Lepley; his grandson Dennis Rasmussen; his brothers: Henry and Wilbur; and his sisters Dorthea Buswell and Mary Barnum. He is survived by his great granddaughters: Chelsea Lepley of Ames and Kimberly Rasmussen Cooper and her husband Jeff of Virginia; great-great grandsons: William and Colby; nieces: Joan Allen of Churdan and Jean Naylor and her husband Dee of Scranton; and nephew: Dr. James Collins and his wife Linda of Ankeny; other relatives and friends.