{"id":23308,"date":"2012-09-10T08:04:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T14:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retzmemorials.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=498"},"modified":"2024-03-20T04:33:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:33:12","slug":"henry-richard-lincoln-collins","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/henry-richard-lincoln-collins\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Richard Lincoln Collins"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-23308","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"fields":{"event_title1":"","event_date1":"","start_time1":"","end_time1":"","location1":"","address1":"","city1":"","state1":"","zipcode1":"","event_title2":"","event_date2":"","start_time2":"","end_time2":"","location2":"","address2":"","city2":"","state2":"","zipcode2":"","event_title3":"","event_date3":"","start_time3":"","end_time3":"","location3":"","address3":"","city3":"","state3":"","zipcode3":"","event_title4":"","event_date4":"","start_time4":"","end_time4":"","location4":"","address4":"","city4":"","state4":"","zipcode4":"","service_status":"public","first_name":"Henry","middle_name":"Richard Lincoln","last_name":"Collins","date_born":"02\/12\/1926","date_died":"04\/09\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>Henry \u201cMick\u201d Richard Lincoln Collins, 85, passed away on April 9, 2011. He was born on February 12, 1926 in Spokane, WA to the late Harry and Mary Collins. He was a WWII Navy Veteran and served for four years. He attended Spokane schools including Spokane Trade School where he graduated in 1954.<\/p>\n<p>He married Ruth Young in Portland on August 15, 1950. The family moved from Spokane to Helena in 1962. He worked for Steffeck Equipment Company from 1963 to 1970. He then worked for Montana Department of Highways where he was a heavy duty mechanic until he retired in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Mick was an avid model railroader. He spent hours looking and following trains. He loved puttering in his garage and was an excellent woodworker and machinist. He enjoyed spending time with his granddaughter, Kallie Padbury.<\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, and wife. Surviving are daughters, Dianna Brink of California and Jill Padbury of Colorado, and granddaughter, Kallie Padbury, of Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial service and celebration of Mick\u2019s life is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 15, 2011 at Retz Funeral Home Chapel. Burial with Military Honors will follow the service at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Ft. Harrison. Memorials in Mick\u2019s name are suggested to Lewis and Clark Humane Society, P. O. Box 4455 Helena, MT 59604 or to the Montana Operation Life Saver, c\/o Clark Wheeler, P.O. Box 790 Whitefish, MT 59937. To offer a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Mick, please visit www.retzfuneralhome.com. Retz Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1132345.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":"","event_title5":"","event_date5":"","start_time5":"","end_time5":"","location5":"","address5":"","city5":"","state5":"","zipcode5":"","event_title6":"","event_date":"","start_time6":"","end_time6":"","location6":"","address6":"","city6":"","state6":"","zipcode6":"","event_title7":"","event_date7":"","start_time7":"","end_time7":"","location7":"","address7":"","city7":"","state7":"","zipcode7":"","event_title8":"","event_date8":"","start_time8":"","end_time8":"","location8":"","address8":"","city8":"","state8":"","zipcode8":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/23308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}