Anne Frances Collins

unexpectedly at home on Saturday, November 19, 2011. She was born in Springfield, MA

on October 19, 1939, daughter of Francis M. and Anne (Shea) Smith.

Nancy was a graduate of Commerce High School with the class of 1957,

and American International College in 1959.

Mrs. Collins was employed as an executive secretary at John H. Breck,

Inc. on Dwight Street in Springfield, MA. She married John J. "Jack"

Collins, Jr. on September 30, 1961. In 1965, she and her husband were

transferred to Wayne, New Jersey before coming to Ludlow in 1972. She

was a communicant of the Church of the Annunciation, in Ludlow, where

she embraced with fervor Christ's spirit of love and respect for all

people. She enjoyed traveling and meeting people from many different

vocations in life.

Nancy cherished being with family and many friends, and always left

people feeling better for having interacted with her. In addition to

her husband, Jack, she is survived by two sons, John J. "Jack"

Collins, III of Ludlow, VT; and Peter F. Collins and his wife, Raye Lin of Mt.

Holly; two daughters, Susan A. DeVarney and her husband James of

Austin, Texas; and Margaret A. Ferro and her husband Richard of

Milton, VT; and her six grandchildren: Melissa and Patrick DeVarney,

Alyssa, Kateri and Morgan Collins, and Michael Ferro; and several

nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Adams Funeral Home, 12 Meadow Street, Ludlow, VT on Friday, November 25, 2011 from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. A Mass of

Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Church

of the Annunciation in Ludlow. Burial will follow in Pleasant View

Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to

Supporting Our Aging Religious (SOAR) PO Box 96409 Washington D.C.

20090-6409 or to Vermont Visiting Nurses Association, 1 Hospital Court

Bellows Falls, Vermont 05101-1489