Obituary of Mrs. Mary Jane Collins who died 9 March 1920- from the 11 March
1920 issue of Urbana Courier, Urbana, IL.

Mrs. Mary Jane Collins died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.W. Waters, ten miles northeast of Urbana, Tuesday night at 11:45 after a long illness due to paralysis. On New Year's day Mrs. Collins suffered a broken hip by a fall and she had been bedfast since that time.

Mrs. Collins was born at Rising Sun, Ind. in 1840 and had been a resident of Illinois for the past 35 years. The following children survive: Mrs. Emmett Yearsley of Urbana; Mrs. H.W. Waters and Bailey Corson of Stanton township; George Corson, Modesto, California; Edward Corson, Greenville; William Corson, Metropolis; Harry Collins, California, and Pearl Freesner, White Fish Bay, Wisconsin.

The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the First M.E. Church of Urbana, of which she was a member. Rev. Walter Aitken will be in charge of the services. Interment will be made in the family lot in Mt. Hope cemetery.

Submitted by Marguerite Butzow
*submitter's note- Pearl Freesner should be Pearl Friesner