- Date Of Birth: April 1, 1926
- Date Of Death: July 9, 2009
- State: Indiana
Le Roy Wayne Collins, 83, died Thursday (July 9, 2009) at 4 a.m. at his home.
He was born April 1, 1926, in South Bend to Everett Clyde and Irma I. Collins. He was divorced.
He is survived by one daughter, Terri (Dan) Hummel of Elkhart; three sons, Lee E., Matthew D. and Mark W. Collins, all of South Bend; one brother, Robert “Bob” (Nancy) Moffett of South Bend; two sisters, Patricia (Le Roy) Zakrocki of St. Augustine, Fla., and Diane (Henry “Rick” J.) Mobilia of Plano, Texas; and one grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his stepfather, Morris Moffett, a brother and a daughter.
Mr. Collins served as an infantryman in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He retired from the South Bend Fire Department in 1978 after 20 years, where he spent most of his time with a ladder company as a tillerman, the firefighter who steers the rear of a long ladder truck. After retirement, he worked part time as a security guard at South Bend’s Memorial Hospital. He enjoyed fishing, camping and traveling.
