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Karen Collins
Posted 7/26/07
Karen (Lessley) Collins, 59 SEAFORD - Karen (Lessley) Collins of Seaford died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md. She was 59. Born in Lewes, she was the …
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Karen Collins
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Karen (Lessley) Collins, 59
SEAFORD - Karen (Lessley) Collins of Seaford died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md. She was 59.
Born in Lewes, she was the daughter of the late Cora West and Leon R. Lessley.
Karen was a 1965 graduate of Seaford High School.
She worked in textiles at the DuPont plant in Seaford, retiring in 1998.
Karen was an avid sewer, quilt maker and enjoyed walking.
She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Louis L. Collins; a daughter, Sandra and her husband Cashar Shockley Jr. of Seaford; a sister, Leona and her husband Roger Smith of Selbyville; a grandson, Cashar Shockley III; a sister-in-law, Wanda Conley of Berlin, Md.; and four brothers-in-law, John Collins of Millville, Leroy Collins of Washington, Eli Collins of Seaford, and Donald Collins of Clarksville.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Front and King streets, Seaford, where friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the services on Saturday.
Pastor Christopher Williams will officiate.
Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford.
SEAFORD - Karen (Lessley) Collins of Seaford died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md. She was 59.
Born in Lewes, she was the daughter of the late Cora West and Leon R. Lessley.
Karen was a 1965 graduate of Seaford High School.
She worked in textiles at the DuPont plant in Seaford, retiring in 1998.
Karen was an avid sewer, quilt maker and enjoyed walking.
She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Louis L. Collins; a daughter, Sandra and her husband Cashar Shockley Jr. of Seaford; a sister, Leona and her husband Roger Smith of Selbyville; a grandson, Cashar Shockley III; a sister-in-law, Wanda Conley of Berlin, Md.; and four brothers-in-law, John Collins of Millville, Leroy Collins of Washington, Eli Collins of Seaford, and Donald Collins of Clarksville.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Front and King streets, Seaford, where friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the services on Saturday.
Pastor Christopher Williams will officiate.
Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford.
