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Forum: Space Explorers & Workers
Topic: Pat Collins, wife of Michael Collins (1930-2014)

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 04-12-2014 08:15 PM The Boston Globe has [URL=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=PATRICIA-COLLINS&pid=170592025]published[/URL] an obituary noting the passing of Patrica (Pat) Collins, wife of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, on April 9, 2014. She was 83. In his book "First Man," historian James Hansen described Pat Collins as follows: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]The oldest of eight children, Pat had grown up in suburban Boston with a staunchly Roman Catholic family full of lawyers and politicians. After graduating from all-girls Emmanuel College, where she majored in English, she did social work with Aid to Dependent Children, working mostly with unwed mothers. Two and a half years later, wishing to see a little of the world but not having the money to travel very comfortably, Pat took a job that sent her to France with the air force service club... ...what Pat Finnegan most liked about Mike Collins was his approach to life: "It was, and still is, that everything will be okay; that everything will work out."[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://life.time.com/history/apollo-11-photos-of-armstrong-aldrin-collins-and-their-families-1969/#13" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/obituary_patcollins01.jpg" width="400" height="325" border="0"></a> [i]Pat and Michael Collins at home, 1969. Credit: Ralph Morse/[URL=http://life.time.com/history/apollo-11-photos-of-armstrong-aldrin-collins-and-their-families-1969/#13]LIFE[/URL][/i]</center> According to her obituary: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]In lieu of flowers remembrances may be made to Marina Bay Residents Activity Fund, 2 Seaport Dr., Quincy, MA 02171.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center>A moment of silence can be signified by a reply with no words and only a period.</center>
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