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Beulah E. Embrey Collins

20 Oct 1907 – 10 Feb 2007

Birth	20 Oct 1907
Death	10 Feb 2007
Cemetery	West Klickitat Cemetery District No. 1 White Salmon , Klickitat County , Washington , USA
Added by	Jeff on 14 Feb 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36061591

Bio

The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., February 15, 2007, page 16 Included the following photograph. BEULAH COLLINS Beulah (Embrey) Collins was born in DeRidder, La., on Oct. 20, 1907. She was the second child of seven children born to John and Gertrude (Simmons) Embrey. She died on Feb. 5, 2007, in Selah, at 99 years of age.                          She married Jack D. Collins, Sr. on March 5, 1925. They were married for almost 60 years. They lived in Beaumont, Texas, and later in White Salmon, Washington, where he worked at SDS Lumber Company in Bingen. Many happy years were spent after retiring in Desert Hot Springs, Calif.                                                                The grandchildren will always remember the mints that Grandma Collins had for them. She made and decorated the gingerbread boy for them every Christmas. She touched many lives with her happy smile and sense of humor. She lived a Christian life and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bingen. She really enjoyed her friends when she was still able to go to the Senior Center in White Salmon.                                                                                                                    About 5.5 years ago, she moved to Selah to live with her daughter and son-in-law. The last two years she has had loving care at the Hartman Adult Family Home in Selah.                             Mrs. Collins is survived by four children Jack Collins Jr., Washougal, Joy Freeman, Rock Island, Ill., Jerry Collins, Carlsbad, Calif., and Louise Hensley, Selah; sister Dolly Mulig, Bossier, La.; 18 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and 25 great great grandchildren. Also many close friends she considered family.                                                                                                         She was preceded in death by her husband Jack D. Collins, Sr., a baby boy (twin to Louise) who died at birth; a great granddaughter, great grandson, two sisters and three brothers.              A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon with interment following at the White Salmon Cemetery.

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Shares headstone with Jack D.

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Family

Parents

• John E Embrey 1885–1963
• Gertrude Simmons Embrey 1889–1961

Spouse

• Jack David Collins Sr 1903–1984 FaG

Siblings

• Laura Embrey Barnhill 1906–1999
• Etchwood William "Bill" Embrey 1909–1993
• Archie A Embrey 1912–1971
• Felix Embrey 1914–1934
• Dollie Mae Embrey Mulig 1916–2009
• Ethel E. Embrey Gray 1920–1993

Children

• Baby Collins 1935–1935 FaG

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