Passed away peacefully in her 87th year at Billings Lodge Retirement Home on Sunday, June 4, 2017. Predeceased by her parents Sgt. John Joseph Collins (RCMP) and Mary Ann (Mina) Smyth; brothers Patrick, Wilson (Norah), Edward (Camilla), John and Wyman (Bertha) Survived by her dear sister, Sister Eileen Collins C.S.C and sisters-in-law Anne and Marilyn. Loving aunt of 17 nieces and nephews. Maureen enjoyed a long career with the Department of National Defence. The family will receive friends at McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home, 1411 Hunt Club Road (at Albion Road) on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 from 2-5 pm. Funeral Mass on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 10 am at Saint Patrick`s Basilica, 220 Kent Street (at Nepean Street). Interment Notre-Dame Cemetery. A special thank you to Diane and all the staff at Billings Lodge.
