Obituary of Grace Collins

Grace VanKleeck Collins of Montgomery and a former longtime resident of Middletown, N.Y. died on June 14, 2017 in the Montgomery Nursing Home. She was 91. The daughter of the late Laroy and Anna Parsons VanKleeck, she was born on January 7, 1926 in Middletown, New York. She was a retired from Avon Products in Suffern, New York. She was the widow of Nile Collins. Survivors include her nieces and nephews Louise Newell of Oregon; Robert Gardner of Pine Bush and Keith Muller of Walden. She is also survived by her great-nieces and great nephews. She was predeceased by her brother Gordon and her sisters Frances Gardner; Alice Muller and Anna Pykus and her nieces Doris Gardner; Edith Hoeffner and Diana Dickinson and her nephew Walter Pykus. Visitation hours will be held on Monday June 19, 2017 from 11AM-12 Noon Funeral services will be held on Monday at 12 Noon at the Ralston-Lippincott-Hasbrouck-Ingrassia Funeral Home, Inc. 72 West Main St. Middletown, New York. Burial will be in the Orange County Veterans Cemetery Goshen, N.Y. Arrangements by Ralston-Lippincott-Hasbrouck-Ingrassia Funeral Home, Inc. 343-6023 or www.ocfuneralhomes.com.