Edith E. Collins
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. John the Beloved, McLean, Friday, Jan. 28, for Edith E. Collins. Ms. Collins, 97, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 20.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, in 1943, she married William O. Collins, a civil engineer who served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater. After the war, they lived on Long Island before moving to McLean in 1958 when William joined the Federal Aviation Administration.
While raising her six sons, Ms. Collins taught with the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at her parish. She later worked for many years as a food server with the Marriott Corporation at their Arlington Hot Shoppes location and later the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel. She volunteered at the Arlington Hospital (Virginia Hospital Center) for nearly 30 years in the hospital auxiliary, assisting families of emergency room patients.
She is survived by five sons: William Jr., McLean; Father Thomas, Hot Springs; Gerard, Annandale; Christopher, Radford; and Kevin, Midlothian; and six grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband and by a son, Father Joseph.