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Show FORMER RESIDENT'S FUNERAL MONDAY Funeral services for William Elton Collins, 84, retired contractor, contrac-tor, were conducted Monday in Salt Lake City by the Salt Lake lodge No. 85, BPOE. Mr. Collins was a native of Lima Center, Wis., and came to Bingham in 1907, where he made his home for over 25 years. He was known to Old Timers as the "White Collar Bricklayer" and helped erect many local structures including the chimney of the old Yampa smelter. He ran the Diamond Bar for a number of years. Later he built Shady Rest resort in Provo canyon and the Wyoming state prison at Rawlins. Surviving, are three sons, James Jam-es W. and C. Louis Collins of Salt Lake City, president and employee of the Tracy Loan and Trust company, respectively; and Jesse H. Collins of Los Altos, Cal.; a grandson, Thomas Robert Collins, serving with the army in North Africa; a brother, Lewis E. Collins of Ogden; and two sisters, Mrs. Jack Coleman of Loveland, Colo., and Mrs. Rose Gust of North Hollywood, Cal. Among those at the funeral were Mrs. Aimer A. Berg and H. R. Gust, niece and nephew of Mr. Collins; Mr. Berg and Mrs. Gust, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cole, Mrs. H. L. Sturgill and M. M. 2c William Motis. r |