Cleoan Collins

Cleoan Marie Collins, of Durant, Okla. passed from this life on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 at the age of 100. She was born on Monday, Oct. 10, 1921 in Louisville, Ky., to Leo and Lucille Marie (Jamison) Wolford.

She married Wayne “Tex” Collins on June 1, 1948 in Coronado, Calif.

She was a longtime resident of Irving, Texas. She enjoyed swimming, dancing, traveling, and spending time with family. She was of the Catholic Faith.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Leo and Lucille (Jamison) Wolford; husband, Wayne “Tex” Collins; two brothers and one sister.

Survivors include her son, Kenneth Wayne Collins and wife Sylvia of Graham, Texas; daughters, Colleen Cripe and husband Samuel of Fort Worth, Texas, Sharon Marie Sullivan and husband Arthur of Durant, Okla., Diane Michele Vowell of Justin, Texas; brother, Charles Wolford of Los Angeles, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren as well as numerous nieces, nephews and other extended family.

A Rosary will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022 at the St. Williams Catholic Church in Durant, Okla.

A Funeral Mass will begin at 12:30 p.m. with Father Carl Kerkemeyer officiating. She will be laid to rest in Irving, Texas at a later date.

Memorials may be made to St. Judes Hospital at www.stjude.org

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Gordon Funeral Home, 221 N. Third Ave. in Durant.
Phone: (580) 916-9090
www.gordonfh.com

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