GARDEN CITY, KS
RICHARD JAMES "RJ" COLLINS, AGE 25, DIED FRIDAY, OCT. 14, 2005 IN DODGE CITY, KS FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. HE WAS BORN MARCH 19, 1980 @ OREGON CITY, OREGON, THE SON OF RICHARD A. AND KATHY E. VADER COLLINS. A RESIDENT OF GARDEN CITY SINCE 1989, MOVING FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, HE HAD RECENTLY MOVED TO DODGE CITY AND WAS A PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICIAL.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. DOMINIC CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WAS A 1999 GRADUATE OF GARDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE: PARENTS RICK & KATHY COLLINS GARDEN CITY, KANSAS 2 SISTERS REBECCA (&TRAVIS) STEIN SPEARVILLE, KANSAS COLLEEN (& MICHAEL) BUSHNELL GARDEN CITY, KANSAS GRANDMOTHER ELSIE A. COLLINS COLORADO SPRINGS, CO GRANDFATHER JAMES O. VADER MISSOURI 2 NEPHEWS DYLAN SCOTT STEIN SPEARVILLE, KANSAS COLTON WILLIAM STEIN SPEARVILLE, KANSAS SEVERAL AUNTS, UNCLES & COUSINS
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A GRANDMOTHER, PATRICIA J. VADER AND A GRANDFATHER, RICHARD D. COLLINS
FUNERAL MASS: 10:30AM, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2005 ST. DOMINIC CATHOLIC CHURCH - GARDEN CITY
OFFICIATING: FATHER JOSEPH BAHR
CALLING TIMES: 5-8PM SUNDAY AND FROM 10AM-8PM MONDAY @ PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME IN GARDEN CITY, KS
INTERMENT: VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY â GARDEN CITY, KS
THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS BE GIVEN TO THE RJ COLLINS MEMORIAL FUND IN CARE OF PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME OF GARDEN CITY
PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME 620 N. MAIN STREET GARDEN CITY, KANSAS 67846 620-276-2364