William Collins, 75

• Nickname: Bill
• Added: 03-16-2026
• Died: Feb 2nd, 2000

• Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
• Occupation: Astro-Physicist

About William: Bill was intelligent, loved music, was quiet and had a dark sense of humor. He was not Catholic, he was the son of a Methodist minister. He stopped going to church after his mother died (when he was about 15). My grandfather never really got over the death of his mother. His father never had any contact with him after he married my grandmother (a Catholic). So my mother never knew anyone on my grandfather's side of the family. Grandpa always said he was agnostic, he couldn't bring himself to be atheist because of his father. But he never went to church with grandma, except for the weddings of his children, all of whom left the church...but one has recently returned. He had four kids and 12 grandchildren. We had a miracle during his funeral, a stranger who said God sent her to the church in the middle of the week. She was only in town for a couple of days before she went off on tour (she was an opera singer) and she said she was told by God to sing "Amazing Grace", so she did and then she left. Odd, but comforting. Please pray for my grandpa, Bill. Offering Mass attendance as reparation for his soul would be helpful. more... less...