The Daily Gate City
Keokuk, Iowa
Wednesday
May 11, 1960
Page 10
Column 1Mrs. Collins rites held in Wyaconda
WYACONDA, Mo. -- Mrs. Allie Van Collins, 76, of Wyaconda, died at 11:20 p.m. Saturday.
She was born June 24, 1884 in Carthage, Ill., the daughter of Ambrose Bryant and Sarah Johnson.
In 1906 she married Charles Edward Brookhart. To this union five children were born, two girls and three boys.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two daughters, Retha Howe and Margaret Newberry.
Surviving are three sons, Ayle Brookhart of Novelty, Missouri, William and Charles of Keokuk, three step daughters, Esma Imus of Calif., Inez Collins of Calif., and Marinda Trammel of Galesburg, Illinois, eighteen grandchildren, and 28 great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her second husband, John Collins of Wyaconda, who died in 1956.
Mrs. Collins was a member of the Baptist church of Wyaconda.
Funeral service was held at the Baptist church, Tuesday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Gerald Davidson officiating. Burial was in the Wyaconda cemetery.
Pallbearers were grandsons Jack Brookhart, Billy Lee Brookhart, Eugene Brookhart, Richard Brookhart, Edward Brookhart, Dennis Brookhart.
Children:
Ogle F. Brookhart 16-Aug-1907 26-Oct-1966 Reatha Brookhart 1909 1927 William Edward Brookhart 19-May-1911 about 1987 Charles Ovie Brookhart 01-Dec-1913 01-Sep-1987 Margaret Elizabeth Brookhart 29-Sep-1915 29-Jan-1954
