Posted: 1:31 AM - Jun 27, 2005
(This obituary is from The Wilmington News Journal. Don Collett was one of the trustees for the Collett-McKay Picnic grounds.)
Robert Donald Collett, 84, of Xenia, died Saturday morning (Nov. 20, 2004) at Miami Valley Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Virginia A. Newland Collett. They were married May 10, 1946.
Mr. Collett was born Aug. 31, 1920, in New Burlington, son of Robert D. and Mary Stanfield Collett. He was the owner of Collett Gas Service and Hardware. He was a member of the Sharon United Methodist Church, New Burlington Masonic Lodge 574 F&AM, New Burlington Eastern Star 363, the Ohio and National Propane and Gas Association, Clinton County Rural Water Board, and a longtime member of the Key Bank Board of Directors and Advisory Board. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps and served during World War II.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Jane (Brian) Newton of Xenia; four grandsons, Matthew Newton, Michael Newton, Tyler McCormick and Logan McCormick; and two brothers, Charles F. (Rebecca) Collett of Wilmington and Gene (Evelyn) Collett of Escondido, Calif.
Services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at the NEELD FUNERAL HOME, 1276 N. Detroit St., Xenia, Stephen Beach officiating, with burial in New Burlington Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Masonic services beginning at 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sharon United Methodist Church, in care of John Bay, 8323 SR 73, Wilmington, 45177.
Robert Donald Collett
Robert Donald Collett, 84, of Xenia, died Saturday morning (Nov. 20, 2004) at Miami Valley Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Virginia A. Newland Collett. They were married May 10, 1946.
Mr. Collett was born Aug. 31, 1920, in New Burlington, son of Robert D. and Mary Stanfield Collett. He was the owner of Collett Gas Service and Hardware. He was a member of the Sharon United Methodist Church, New Burlington Masonic Lodge 574 F&AM, New Burlington Eastern Star 363, the Ohio and National Propane and Gas Association, Clinton County Rural Water Board, and a longtime member of the Key Bank Board of Directors and Advisory Board. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps and served during World War II.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Jane (Brian) Newton of Xenia; four grandsons, Matthew Newton, Michael Newton, Tyler McCormick and Logan McCormick; and two brothers, Charles F. (Rebecca) Collett of Wilmington and Gene (Evelyn) Collett of Escondido, Calif.
Services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at the NEELD FUNERAL HOME, 1276 N. Detroit St., Xenia, Stephen Beach officiating, with burial in New Burlington Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Masonic services beginning at 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sharon United Methodist Church, in care of John Bay, 8323 SR 73, Wilmington, 45177.