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Collins, Margaret Louise (Klaus)
Margaret Louise (Klaus) Collins, 95, of Edgewood, died Friday, July 29, 2011, at the Oelwein Healthcare Center. Funeral services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Greeley Methodist Church, Greeley, with Pastor Ruth Tibbott officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Edgewood and after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the church in Greeley. Burial: Zion Cemetery, Colesburg.
Survivors include two children, Patricia (John) Clark of Oelwein and Robert (Diane) Collins of Heber, Ariz.; 10 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; a brother-in-law; and several nieces and nephews.
Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, Erwin and Florence Klaus; her husband, the Rev. Robert Collins; a daughter, Kathleen Clifton; a sister, Dorothy Davis; and a nephew, Steve Davis.
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