Mary Louise Collins

January 1, 1933 - October 23, 2021

Mary Louise Collins, 88, of Fairmont passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. She was born on January 1, 1933, a daughter of the late Howard W. and Mary Madeline Tichnell Collins, Sr. She was a 1951 graduate of East Fairmont High School. She worked for the Fairmont Federal Credit Union when it was associated with Owens-Illinois. She later worked in the purchasing department of Owens-Illinois. She then retired from the personnel department at West Virginia University. She was a dedicated member of the Baptist Temple. She was an avid fan of West Virginia University Mountaineers. She loved her camp at Tygart Lake and spending time with her family there. She had pontoon boat with her sister, Shirley, and they enjoyed 19 years of summers together on the lake. She is survived by her sister Shirley Ashcraft of Fairmont; her brother Howard W. “Butch” Collins Jr. and his wife Beverlee of Union, Kentucky; one niece Brenda Hogan and her husband Michael of Morgantown; two nephews Robert “Bob” Ashcraft and his wife Lori of Fairmont and Tyler Collins of Florence, Kentucky; several great nieces and nephews; and several close friends and neighbors.