Joseph Lee Collins

JOSEPH LEE COLLINS (68) WAS BORN IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO ON JULY 7, 1952 AND DEPARTED THIS EARTHLY REALM OF LIFE ON OCTOBER 22, 2020. JOSEPH IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS FLECTHER AND IDA COLLINS, SISTER MARILYN COLLINS, AND BROTHER FLECTHER COLLINS JR.
JOSEPH, HAD ENLISTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1972 WHILE, STATIONED IN FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY. JOSEPH HAD GAINED OUTSTANDING SERVICE FROM OCTOBER 1972 TO MAY 1975. DURING HIS TOUR OF DUTY, JOSEPH SERVED AS HOWITZER CANNONEER ASSISTANT GUNNER. SPECIALIST COLLINS’ WAS AWARDED A CHIEF OF SECTION POSITION AND THE ACTING SERGEANT RANK AT THE TIME WHEN THE UNIT NEEDED A NONCOMISSIONED OFFICER. ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS, SPECIALIST COLLINS’ WAS SENT BY BATTERY ON UNIT OF CHOICE RECRUITING MISSIONS BECAUSE, OF HIS DEMOSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM.
SPECIALIST COLLINS’ ABILITY IN ALL ASPECTS OF HIS DUTY POSITION REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF THE UNIT AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY. AFTER, JOSEPH HAD RECEIVED HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE ARMY, HE HAD MIGRATED TO COLUMBUS, OHIO TO FIND WORK. JOSEPH GOT HIRED ON AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, IN APRIL OF 1988 AS A CUSTODIAL WORKER. ALSO, JOSEPH HAD WORKED PART-TIME AT ENCOVA FORMALLY KNOWN AS MOTORIST INSURANCE COMPANY FOR ABOUT (16) YEARS.
WHILE, JOSEPH WAS EMPLOYED AT OSU HE LATER, MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE SHEILA ERVIN IN 1996. THEY BEGAN DATING AND SOON AFTER, BECAME MARRIED IN JULY OF 1997. JOSEPH, HAD ACCEPTED SHEILA’S ONLY SON FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIGAE WHO WAS ONE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. AND JOSEPH QUICKLY BLOSSOMED INTO THE FATHER ROLE NEVER LOOKING BACK.
JOSEPH, HAD RETIRED FROM THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IN AUGUST OF 2019. JOSEPH, CONTINUED TO WORK HIS SECOND JOB UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY DEATH!
JOSEPH, HAD A LOVE FOR LIFE AND PUTTING GOD FIRST, HE WOULD OFTEN TO SAY TO THOSE IN DISTRESS “JUST GIVE IT TO GOD HE WILL MAKE IT ALRIGHT”
JOSEPH, FULFILLED HIS DREAM, HIS PASSION FOR WORK AND FAMILY HAVING ACQUIRED PERFECT ATTENDANCE DURING HIS HIGHSCHOOL DAYS, TO FOLLOWING SUIT WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE ON HIS JOBS.
ALL THE QUALITIES WHICH MADE HIM THE PERSON HE WAS SUCH A MILD MANNERED AND SLOW TO ANGER INDIVIDUAL. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS HIM AND MAY HEAVEN CONTINUE TO SMILE UPON HIS SOUL.
JOSEPH, LEAVES TO REJOICE, IN HIS ETERNAL PEACE: A LOVING WIFE OF (23) YEARS SHEILA MICHELLE COLLINS, SON CHRISTIAN LAMAR DAVIS. BROTHER-IN- LAW JAMES MICHAEL ERVIN. BROTHER SAMUEL L. COLLINS, AND SISTER ODAILIAR (WILLIE) HAWKINS BOTH OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, BROTHER ALBERT COLLINS WHO RESIDES IN CHATTNOOGA, TENNESSE (1) AUNT LUCILLE (ROBERT) WILLIAMS ALSO, OF CHATTNOOGA, TENNESSE. AND A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND COUSINS, AND SPECIAL FRIENDS.

Private Visitation 1:00 PM and Private Funeral Service 2:00 PM Saturday, November 7, 2020 at MARLAN J. GARY FUNERAL HOME, THE CHAPEL OF PEACE NORTH 2500 Cleveland Ave. Mask and Social Distancing are required. To stream the service, read the complete obituary, order flowers, view video tribute and offer condolences to The COLLINS Family, visit www.TheChapelofPeace.com