Joan Ogden Collins
November 2, 1929 — March 2, 2020
JOAN OGDEN COLLINS
Age 90 passed away on March 2, 2020. She was born in East Orange, New Jersey on November 2, 1929 to the late Frederick Beasley Ogden and Clara Louise Nagel. Joan grew up in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey and attended Endicott College in Beverly, MA where she received an associate’s degree in 1950. She met and married Arthur Wallace Collins in 1954 and they lived in Rhode Island and Connecticut before her husband’s retirement. Joan worked at Tunxis Community College in Bristol, CT in the Registrar’s office. Joan and Arthur then moved to Boynton Beach. She worked at Florida Atlantic University as an administrative assistant for the Vice President of Alumni Affairs until her retirement.
Joan was active in her community and attended Boynton Beach Congregational Church. She volunteered at the Boynton Beach Library and church thrift shop. She loved the ocean, swimming, yoga and was an avid bocce ball player. Joan entertained friends and family, loving social gatherings. She loved to travel.
Joan was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her daughter, Deborah Collins. She leaves behind her daughter, Sherrie Collins and 2 grandsons, Casey Gibson of Boulder, CO and Donald E. Jorgensen, Jr. of Woodstock, CT and 2 cousins who were sisters to her, Nancy Castle and Janet Hauck of Holland, Vt.
The Memorial Service will be held at a later date with the date and time to be announced.
The family wishes donations made to Endicott College Scholarship Fund in her memory.
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Age 90 passed away on March 2, 2020. She was born in East Orange, New Jersey on November 2, 1929 to the late Frederick Beasley Ogden and Clara Louise Nagel. Joan grew up in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey and attended Endicott College in Beverly, MA where she received an associate’s degree in 1950. She met and married Arthur Wallace Collins in 1954 and they lived in Rhode Island and Connecticut before her husband’s retirement. Joan worked at Tunxis Community College in Bristol, CT in the Registrar’s office. Joan and Arthur then moved to Boynton Beach. She worked at Florida Atlantic University as an administrative assistant for the Vice President of Alumni Affairs until her retirement.
Joan was active in her community and attended Boynton Beach Congregational Church. She volunteered at the Boynton Beach Library and church thrift shop. She loved the ocean, swimming, yoga and was an avid bocce ball player. Joan entertained friends and family, loving social gatherings. She loved to travel.
Joan was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her daughter, Deborah Collins. She leaves behind her daughter, Sherrie Collins and 2 grandsons, Casey Gibson of Boulder, CO and Donald E. Jorgensen, Jr. of Woodstock, CT and 2 cousins who were sisters to her, Nancy Castle and Janet Hauck of Holland, Vt.
The Memorial Service will be held at a later date with the date and time to be announced.
The family wishes donations made to Endicott College Scholarship Fund in her memory.
https://cars.endicott.edu/cgi-bin/public/genform/giving.cgi
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