Josephine Martin Collins

Graveside services for Josephine Martin Collins, 92, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 28, 2015, at Oak Lawn Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mrs. Collins died at 12:07 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at Ozarks Medical Center.

Josephine was born March 29, 1923.  She was married to Jack Martin, who preceded her in death on July 31, 1973 and on January 30, 1978, she was married at Miami, Oklahoma, to Elza Otto “Bun” Collins, who preceded her in death on February 22, 2011.  She enjoyed sewing and cooking and loved to read.  Mrs. Collins was a Christian.

She is survived by two children, Peggy Martin, West Plains, Missouri and Mike Martin, Columbia, Missouri; and several nieces and nephews.

Her parents, husbands and three brothers, Gene Harry Rickard, C. L. “Leapy” Rickard and Dale Beam, precede her in death.