Dorothy Ann

Collins

Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend visiting hours on Friday, September 22nd from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., in the Welsh Funeral Home, 718 Broadway, Chelsea.  For Dorothy Ann Collins, Graveside services will be conducted on Saturday, September 23rd in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, 185 Lake St., Peabody at 11:00 A.M.  Attendees are invited to meet at the cemetery gates at 10:45 A.M.

At 86 years of age, Dorothy passed away on Tuesday, September 19th at Ledgewood Skilled Nursing & Rehab in Beverly after a recent decline of health, she lived courageously with pulmonary disease for several years.

Born and raised in Chelsea she was a beloved daughter of the late Bronislaw and Anna (Zeskiewicz) Mickiewicz.  Dorothy graduated from Chelsea High School and was a longtime resident of Chelsea and resided in Saugus for the past 33 years.

She was married to Philip G. Collins for 50 years, and together raised their daughter and son.  Dorothy was passionately devoted to home and family.

She was a longtime member of the former PAV Ladies Aux. Post 13 Chelsea and worked as the Posts Bookkeeper for several years.

Her favorite pastime activities included playing cards with family and friends and playing Bingo.

Dorothy is predeceased by her husband Philip Collins, her siblings, and their spouses; Edmund and Rose Mickiewicz, and Helen and James Gagliano.

She was the loving mother of her daughter and caregiver Diane Sudanowicz and her husband Richard, Sr. and her son Jerry Collins and his wife Debbie.

She was the cherished grandmother of Richard Sudanowicz, Jr. and Brittney Sudanowicz, Jenna, Justine and Janelle Collins and adoring great-grandmother of Gia Sudanowicz and Olivia.