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The Life of CALVIN MCDONALD COLLINS

Calvin McDonald "Don" Collins, 72, of 1443 Pioneer Road died of a heart ailment Thursday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center.  Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Hamilton''s Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Collins was born in Bear Grove and moved to Des Moines in 1945.  He retired as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, was a Navy veteran of World War II and had been a member of Capitol Hill Christian Church and Postal Workers Union.

Surviving are his wife, June; two daughters, Donna Rae Gering of Des Moines and Marilyn McDaniel of Alden; two brothers, Gail of Springdale, AR and Merle of Johnston; a sister, Arliss Darfahl of Winthrop; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 6 to 9 p.m.

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