~~ Leah Ethelene (Nusbaumer) Collins

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LEAH ETHELELENE NUSBAUMER:
BLUFFTON NEWS BANNER DECEMBER 29, 1995 PAGE 3 COL 2

LEAH E. COLLINS, 94

Former Bluffton resident and piano teacher Leah E. Collins, 94 died at 2:25 a.m. Thursday at Marion General Hospital.
Born April 6, 1901 near Poneto, she was the daughter of Frank and E. Prudence Wells Nusbaumer. She married Nelson Todd Collins who died January 18, 1979.
She was a homemaker and lived in rural Marion for the past 63 years. She was also a member of the Van Buren United Methodist Church.
Surviving are three sons, Marvin K. Collins of Van Buren, Franklin M. Collins of Marion and Bennie J. Collins of Fairmount; four daughters, Mildred Israel of Muncie and Emily Cole, Elizabeth Millican and Corine Collins, all of Marion, 26 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Ferguson Funeral Home, 201 West Main Street Van Buren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday with Rev. Richard Covert and Rev. John Pattison officiating.
Burial will be at Grove Cemetery in Poneto.

More About LEAH ETHELELENE NUSBAUMER:
Burial: December 30, 1995, Grove Cemetery, Wells County, Indiana

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Vital Records Grant County
Name LEAH E COLLINS
Date of birth 1901-04-06
Place of birth WELLS COUNTY IN
Date of death 1995-12-28
Place of death MARION IN
Age (years) 94.0
Sex F
Residence (of decedent) 3231 N 725 E MARION IN
Occupation HOMEMAKER
Marital Status WIDOWED
Spouse name - NELSON TODD COLLINS (Died 1979)
Father name FRANK NUSBAUMER
Mother name E PRUDENCE WELLS
Informant MARVIN K COLLINS VAN BUREN IN
Certifier JEFFREY W. BRAGG D.O.
Disposition GROVE CEMETERY PONETO IN
Funeral Home FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME VAN BUREN IN

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