Tillie Collins

Tillie Collins passed away on March 24, 2011 at the age of 87. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Curtis Collins Jr., her oldest son, Curtis Collins lll, her parents, and siblings. She was the last survivor of Jake and Effie Harskamp Vierwinden who immigrated from Holland through Ellis Island in 1914.

She is survived by her son and daughter in law, Clyde and Betty Collins, daughter and son in law, Janet and Larry Comer, and daughter in law, Yvonne Collins, all of Friendswood Texas. She is also survived by 8 grand children Richard Collins, Clayton Collins, Kevin Collins, Jennifer Moreno, Ashley Long, Tim Comer, Josh Comer, and Elizabeth Saenz..She is also survived by 8 great grand children, and numerous nephews and nieces.

Her early years were spent farming in Iowa. She moved to Bellaire Texas and married in 1942. Following her husbands release from the USAAF in 1945, they built a home in Houston, Texas. She was a lifetime Baptist and loved her Sagemont Church family. The family would like to thank Baywind Village Nursing Home for the excellent care she was given.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, [1] that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.