McCollum, Vetral Ruby^{[1, 2]}

1914 - 2002  (88 years)

• Name	McCollum, Vetral Ruby
  Birth	28 Feb 1914	Wideman, Izard, Arkansas, United States
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 May 2002	East Wenatchee, Douglas, Washington, United States   [3, 4]
  Burial	Sunset Lane Cemetery, Port Orchard, Kitsap, Washington, United States
  Person ID	I2243	Krieger - Lawrence
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2008

  
  

  Father	McCollum, Garland A.,   b. Oct 1891, Arkansas, United States d. Abt 1914, Wideman, Izard, Arkansas, United States (Age ~ 22 years)
  Mother	Long, Nora Nevada,   b. 8 Dec 1892, Arkansas, United States d. 10 Jan 1988, Wideman, Izard, Arkansas, United States (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robins, Flavil H.,   b. 18 Nov 1912   d. Nov 1987, Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1 Apr 1933	Salem, Fulton, Arkansas, United States
  Children	1. Robins, Charles E.   2. Robins, Jess   3. Robins, Jerry
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2008
  Family ID	F771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Feb 1914 - Wideman, Izard, Arkansas, United States Marriage - 1 Apr 1933 - Salem, Fulton, Arkansas, United States Death - 17 May 2002 - East Wenatchee, Douglas, Washington, United States Burial - - Sunset Lane Cemetery, Port Orchard, Kitsap, Washington, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] 1920 United States Federal Census, 27 Jan 1920, Census Place: Union, Izard, Arkansas; Roll: T625_65; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 55; Image: 502 (Reliability: 3). [S20] 1930 United States Federal Census, 8 Apr 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Guthrie, Izard, Arkansas; Roll: 73; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 1015.0 (Reliability: 3). [S22] Social Security Death Index Record. Name:  Vetral R. Robins SSN: 535-18-6384 Last Residence: 98802  East Wenatchee, Douglas, Washington, United States of America Born: 28 Feb 1914 Died: 17 May 2002 State (Year) SSN issued: Washington (Before 1951 ) [S57] Wilson County News, The, 3 Jul 2002, The Wilson County New - Vetral Ruby Robins Obiturary (Reliability: 3). Vetral Robins     Former Bremerton resident Vetral Ruby (McCollum) Robins, 88, of East Wenatchee died May 17, 2002, at Highline Convalescence Center in East Wenatchee.     She was born Feb. 28, 1914, in Wideman, Ark., to Garland and Nora (Long) McCollum. She was raised and educated in Wideman.     She married Flavil H. Robins on April 1, 1933, in Salem, Ark. They farmed for several years in the Wideman area, then moved in 1936 to Wenatchee, where Mrs. Robins worked at various jobs related to the fruit industry.     The Robins family lived in Bremerton from 1940 to 1966. After Mr. Robins' retirement from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, he and his wife returned to the Wenatchee Valley and developed a fruit orchard in partnership with their children.     Mrs. Robins was also a homemaker and had been an elementary school cook for many years. She enjoyed her Christian faith and serving her church. Other interests were sewing, quilting and visiting the sick.      She was preceded in death by her husband in 1987. Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Charles and Beverly of East Wenatchee, Jess and Bernice of Vancouver, Wash., and Jerry and Lorna of Port Orchard; her half-sister and half-brother, Mildred and Hayden Kankey of Wideman; four grandchildren, Gary, Carrie, Cathy and David; six great-grandchildren, Katie, Amanda, Cara, Clinton, Kyle and Toni; and nieces, nephews and cousins.     A private family graveside service was held June 1 at Sunset Lane Cemetery in Port Orchard. Arrangements were under the direction of Telford's Chapel of the Valley in East Wenatchee.     In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a church of the donor's choice or to an Alzheimer's research program.