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Onetia Modell (Tompkins) Collins
Jun 23, 1933 - Aug 30, 2014
Posted by: Ann Weber

WILSON-LITTLE FUNERAL HOME
PURCELL-NEWCASTLE, MCCLAIN CO, OK
(permission granted)

Onetia Collins, age 81 of Purcell, passed away, Saturday, August 30, 2014 in Norman. Onetia Modell Tompkins was born June 23, 1933 in Washington, OK, the oldest of 5 children born to Oran Louis Tompkins and Ola Mae (Stanley) Tompkins. She grew up in the Lexington, Purcell and Washington area. Onetia married her best friend and true love; a young man from Purcell named Horace Ray Collins on January 6, 1951 in Purcell. They made their home in Gillette, WY, for many years, where together they raised 2 children, son, Derrell and daughter, Pam. Onetia worked tirelessly as a homemaker, caring and providing for her family. She found great joy in being a mother and grandmother. She was a faithful member of the First Assembly of God in Gillette, where she devoted much of her time to working with the youth. They returned back home to Oklahoma in 2001, and retired in Lexington.

She was preceded in death by: Her husband, Horace Collins; Her daughter, Pamela Carol Rasmussen; Brother, Travis Tompkins, and Brother-in-law, Troy Davey.

Onetia leaves behind: Her son, Derrell Ray Collins of Reno, NV; Her brother, Oran “Curley” Tompkins and wife Lillie of Lexington; Two sisters, LaJuana Catlege and husband Jim of Oklahoma City and Linda Jo Davey of Lexington; 4 grandchildren, Stacy Rasmussen Palmer and husband Chris of Gillette, WY, Cody Rasmussen and Jennifer McCammon of Upton, WY, Sara Collins Indiano and husband Ryan of Reno, and Miranda Collins Shults and husband Chris of Reno; 8 Great grandchildren, Aubrey, Raegin, Kaine, Paige, Kaeleigh, Wyatt, Garrin, and Arabella; Sister-in-law, Betty Tompkins of Noble; Brother-in-law, Bobby Collins of Gillette; Many nieces and nephews and a host of other family and friends.

Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at the Wilson-Little Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at the Hillside Cemetery under the direction of the Wilson-Little Funeral Home of Purcell.


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