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© Enid News and Eagle
10-16-2014
Submitted by: Glenn

Shirley Mae (Cuthbertson) Collins

April 27, 1931 ~ Oct. 2, 2014

Shirley Mae Collins passed away peacefully on Oct. 2, 2014. She was born in Garber, Okla., on April 27, 1931, to Ray and Elsie Cuthbertson and grew up in Enid, Okla.

Shirley married John E. Collins on June 16, 1949, in Enid, Okla. Shirley and John have three children, Judy (Ron) Wheeler, Tulsa, Okla., Larry Collins, Ft. Worth, Texas, and Susan Collins, Boulder, Colo.

She worked at Vance Air Force Base for 26 years, serving as a wing commander secretary before retiring in 1980.

Upon retiring, Shirley and John resided in Gunnison, Colo., and traveled to Surprise, Ariz., for the winters. She enjoyed playing tennis whenever she could and tap dancing with her friends in Surprise.

John and Shirley traveled by motorhome throughout the western United States. In 2004, they returned to Oklahoma to live on Grand Lake.

She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Ray Cuthbertson Jr. and Allen Cuthbertson.

In addition to her husband, John, and their children, she is survived by grandson, Jake (Stephanie) McGhay and granddaughter, Katie (Paul) Glasier, three great-grandchildren and her dear friend, Joan Miller of Yuba City, Calif.

(Submitted by family)

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