1943
John
2014
John Collins
April 4, 1943 — March 27, 2014
John Dennis Collins
John Dennis Collins, age 70 went into the loving arms of God on March 27, 2014 at The University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT. John was born on April 4, 1943, the eldest son of George Edward (Bill) and Florence Elva Spaulding Collins. He grew up in Glendo, Wyoming and graduated from Glendo High School. John received an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy but opted to attend the University of Wyoming where he majored in pharmacy and was a member of the University of Wyoming Cowboy football team.
John married Cheryl Malcom on August 20, 1971. They later divorced but first became parents of two daughters, April Denise and Lynn Erin.
Known as “Big John” and sometimes as “Hoss” John worked for a number of years in various construction and mining jobs where he acquired many friends. Everywhere John went, he encountered someone he knew.
John is survived by his daughter, and son in law, Lynn and Jeff Fox; his brother and sister in law, Philip and Loren Collins; his grandchildren Lawson Lovering, Walker, Kodi and Kaycee McCumber; along with nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and other relatives too numerous to mention.
He was greeted in Heaven by his daughter April, brother and sister in law David and Janis Collins, his parents, grandparents, and many others.
Cremation has taken place under the direction of Crandall Funeral Home of Evanston, WY
John Dennis Collins, age 70 went into the loving arms of God on March 27, 2014 at The University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT. John was born on April 4, 1943, the eldest son of George Edward (Bill) and Florence Elva Spaulding Collins. He grew up in Glendo, Wyoming and graduated from Glendo High School. John received an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy but opted to attend the University of Wyoming where he majored in pharmacy and was a member of the University of Wyoming Cowboy football team.
John married Cheryl Malcom on August 20, 1971. They later divorced but first became parents of two daughters, April Denise and Lynn Erin.
Known as “Big John” and sometimes as “Hoss” John worked for a number of years in various construction and mining jobs where he acquired many friends. Everywhere John went, he encountered someone he knew.
John is survived by his daughter, and son in law, Lynn and Jeff Fox; his brother and sister in law, Philip and Loren Collins; his grandchildren Lawson Lovering, Walker, Kodi and Kaycee McCumber; along with nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and other relatives too numerous to mention.
He was greeted in Heaven by his daughter April, brother and sister in law David and Janis Collins, his parents, grandparents, and many others.
Cremation has taken place under the direction of Crandall Funeral Home of Evanston, WY
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