Individual Details

Death

Josephine Helen Collins, 92, of Harrisonburg, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 25, 2021, at Bridgewater Retirement Community. Mrs. Collins was born in Adrian, West Virginia on March 24, 1929, to the late George Dewey and Lauthbury Wamsley. On September 21, 1947, she married her sweetheart, Harold Forest Collins. He preceded her in death on November 29, 2013. Mrs. Collins is survived by her son; Randolph Collins and wife, Pamela, daughters; Pamela Craig and husband Ronnie, Karen Tusing and husband Steve, sisters; Jean Wamsley of Elkins, West Virginia, Barbara Fidler of Vinton, Virginia, grandchildren; Travis Craig, Brian Tusing, Sarah Long and husband Mark, Joshua Collins and wife, Corrie, Daniel Collins, Lourdes Fernandas; and great-grandchildren Tiffanie Hahn and husband, Michael, Caleb, Carter and Cameron Collins, Aiden, Taylor and Jenna Long, Ivan and Josie Mundy, Shayleigh, Jax and Dixie Tusing, Aaron and Trevor Craig, Taylor and Charlie Poultan, as well as six great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband, Jo is preceded in death by her three brothers, Carl, Robert, and James, and two sisters, Ethel Collins and Eleanor Pingley. A memorial service will be held at 11 am Monday, June 28, 2021, at Kyger Funeral Home Chapel in Harrisonburg with Pastor Sonny Henkel officiating. Entombment will be private at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Josephine's name to Victory Fellowship Church P.O Box 326, Dayton, Virginia.