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Philip passed away unexpectedly at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Sunday August 28
th
. He was 83 years of age. Born in Salem, he was one of nine children of the late Henry and Zoe (Dupont) Collins. He attended and graduated Salem schools. He briefly attended College and later enlisted in the US Coast Guard at Boston Station. He served during the Korean Conflict and was honorably discharged in 1957. After marrying Dorothy A. Mickiewicz in 1966, they settled in Chelsea and had two children. He worked for 18 years as a postal clerk, stationed in the Chelsea Post Office for much of that time and retired in 1996. He moved to Saugus and has resided there for the past 26 years. In his lifetime he enjoyed stamp collecting, taking various daytrips and had a lifelong interest and lure in lighthouses. He was a longtime member and past Financial Officer of the PAV Post 13 Chelsea and the DAV. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his twin sister Phyllis Buckley and the remainder of his siblings; Beatrice Isganderian, Anna DiTomasso, John, Freddy, Albert, George and Robert Collins. He is survived by his beloved wife of the past 50 years, Dorothy A. (Mickiewicz) Collins. He was the devoted father and father-in-law of Jerry Collins and his wife Debbie, Diane Sudanowicz and her husband Richard, all of Saugus. Cherished grandfather of Richard Sudanowicz, Jenna and Justine Collins, Brittney Sudanowicz, and Janelle Collins.
ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral services will be conducted from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Thursday September 1
st
at 10:00 A.M. Services will conclude with Interment at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody. Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the Welsh Funeral Home on Wednesday from 4 - 8 P.M. Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.
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Thursday
Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home
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