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Joseph Collins &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dec. 1, 1994 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Joseph D. Collins, 70, of Hazel Street, Wilkes-Barre, died Thursday at &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Wilkes-Barre General HospitalBorn in Wilkes-Barre on Jan. 26, 1924, he was
raised in Kingston, a son of the late Cyril and Carmel Ford Collins. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was a graduate of Kingston High School and joined the U.S. Marine Corps
at the age of 17. He served in the Pacific Theater and participated in the
battles of Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal and Tarawa. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was employed by King's College in the maintenance department for the
past 15 years. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was preceded in death by sister, Helen Quinn, and stepmother, Betty
Weiland Collins. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are sister, Mrs. Edward (Rosemary) Balchun, Edwardsville;
Patricia Ann Nauss, Silver Spring, Md.; a niece and cousins. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday from the McLaughlin Funeral
Service, 416 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, with a funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. in St.
Ann's Chapel, Hoyt Street, Kingston. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Joseph Collins Dec. 1, 1994 Joseph D. Collins, 70, Of Hazel Street, Wilkes-barre, Died Thursday At Wilkes-barre General Hospital.