Jean Collins

Friday, August 1, 2014

Jean Collins, formerly of Greencastle, late of the sailing vessel "Double Time," passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2014 in Townsville, Australia.

She is survived by her daughter Sarah Collins-Charles, her twin brother Ernest "Bud" H. Collins, and sisters Sue von Baeyer and Patsy Thompson.

Jean and Bud were born in Greencastle on April 10, 1948. She attended GHS and graduated from Indiana State University and University of Louisville. She went to Australia as a social worker.

She was preceded in death by her parents Louise and Ernest H. Collins and grandparents Ferd and Helen Lucas, all of Greencastle.

As dolphins swam nearby, Jean's ashes were scattered in the Coral Sea.