Twila Mae Collins, an 86- year-old former Trenton resident, passed away at 6:05 a.m., Friday, June 4, 2021 at Morningside Center in Chillicothe.
Funeral services are scheduled for 1:30 a.m., Monday, June 7, 2021 at Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton.
Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Gardens of Trenton.
Open visitation will be held from noon until 6 p.m. Sunday, June 6, 2021 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Collins was born Nov. 17, 1934 in Neosho, the daughter of Bert and Hazel Robbins Boyer. She was raised near there, going to school in the May and Goodman communities. She also graduated from Beau Geste Beauty School. She then moved to Kansas City, where she worked with an insurance company and as a beautician. Twila was an avid seamstress and loved to cook.
On Dec. 4, 1954 she was united in marriage to Charles E. Collins in Independence, They lived in Independence and Lee’s Summit until Charles retired from AT&T in 1985, when they moved to north Missouri. He preceded her in death on April 14, 2012.
Twila accepted Christ as her personal savior at an early age and was baptized into the Baptist Church. She later transferred membership to the Christian Church.
Memorial donations are suggested to American Lung Association.
Online condolences may be left at www.resthavenmort.com.
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