Edna May Collins

1902 - 1990  (88 years)

• Name	Edna May Collins  [1]
  Birth	20 Jan 1902	Albany, Albany County, New York   [1]
  	daughter of Bernard Collins and Mary Hawkins
  Gender	Female
  Census	8 Apr 1950	Osolo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana   [2]
  	Charlie A Mabie, Head, White, Male, 62, Married, born in Michigan, Switching, Railroad Edna M Mabie, Wife, White, Female, 48, Married, born in New York, Degreasing, Band Instruments
  Witness-Obituary	25 Aug 1975	Elkhart, Indiana   [3]
  	Charlie A. Mabie, 86, of 1508 E. Bristol St., died Monday evening in General Hospital after an extended illness. He was born Jan 21, 1889, in LaGrange. His first wife, Hazel, and three children were killed in an automobile accident April 28,1929. He then married Edna M. Stowe, Oct 24, 1931, in Elkhart. She survives with one daughter, Mrs Dewain (Ruby) Filley, Dowagiac; a stepson, Robert B. Stowe, Elkhart; six grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Anna Messenger, Jackson, Mich. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home where services will be 11 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Thomas C. Kuhn, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Rice Cemetery. Mr. Mabie retired Jan 8, 1954, from the New York Central Railroad where he was employed as a freight conductor for 37 years. He was a member of the Moose Lodge, Legion of the Moose, and the Fellowship of the Moose. The Moose Lodge will conduct a memorial service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home
  Obituary	24 May 1990	Elkhart, Indiana   [4]
  	Edna M. Mabie, 88, of 1508 E. Bristol St., died at 6:25 am today at Elkhart General Hospital after an extended illness. She was born Jan 20, 1902, in New York City. She married Charlie A. Mabie on Oct 24, 1931, in Elkhart. He died Aug 25, 1975, in Elkhart. Surviving are a son, Robert B. Stowe, Elkhart; a step-daughter, Ruby Filley, Dowagiac; 11 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; 18 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Gary (Mary) Tews, Willoughby, Ohio. A brother and a sister are deceased. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and until services at 3 p.m. Saturday at Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rice Cemetery. Mrs. Mabie worked at C.G. Conn for 50 years, retiring in 1967. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Railroad Trainmen and of Women of Moose Chapter 78.
  Reference Number	16880
  Death	24 May 1990	Elkhart General Hospital, Elkhart, Indiana   [5]
  Burial	Rice Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana   [6]
  Person ID	I16793	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993. [S526] 1950 United States Census; Url: https://1950census.archives.gov/, Osolo Twp, Elkhart, Indiana, ED 20-98, Dwelling 87. [S310] Orvan Leroy Mabie Jr., MS 068 - Orvan Mabie, Jr.; Number: 68, Elkhart Truth, p. 22. [S310] Orvan Leroy Mabie Jr., MS 068 - Orvan Mabie, Jr.; Number: 68, Elkhart Truth, p. B4. [S310] Orvan Leroy Mabie Jr., MS 068 - Orvan Mabie, Jr.; Number: 68, obituary. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave Memorial# 94693453 & 94693460.