Madeleine Schwind Collins

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Saturday, January 30, 2010 at St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church, with Rev. Francisco Perez, pastor, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Collins was born July 19, 1918 in Perry, New York to Joseph and Katherine Schwind, the fifth of eight children. The Schwind family moved to Breckenridge in 1920 and to Pampa in 1935. Madeleine graduated from Pampa High School in 1936 and took a business course at Brantley-Draughon College in Fort Worth. While she was employed by a tax attorney in Amarillo, she met Frank M. Collins. They were married August 14, 1943 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. After the war, they settled in Falfurrias where they owned La Gloria Butane Company and raised their family. Frank died in 1966 and Madeleine later moved back to Pampa where she had resided since. She was a member of St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church. SURVIVORS: 4 children: Donna Robertson and husband Albert of Amarillo, Richard Collins and wife Jean of Gonzales, Katherine Flume of Pampa, and Kevin Collins of Austin; a granddaughter: Shannon Samson and husband John of Lubbock; and a sister-in-law: Marjorie Schwind of Fort Worth. Madeleine was preceded in death by her parents, and seven brothers and sisters.MEMORIALS: BSA Hospice, 800 N. Sumner, Pampa, Texas 79065, or Shepard's Crook Home Health Care, 916 N. Crest Road, Pampa, Texas 79065.