John Pell (Jack) Collins

1923 - 2008  (85 years)

• Name	John Pell (Jack) Collins
  Birth	13 Mar 1923	a farmhouse on Mount Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ
  Gender	Male
  Ω Census Witness	1930	Livingston Township, Essex Co., New Jersey
  	Address: Mount Pleasant Ave
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F750] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Witness: [I2099] Carol Adele (Little Del) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2102] John Pell (Jack) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2722] Thomas Roger COLLINS
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  Ω Census Witness	1940	Livingston Township, Essex Co., New Jersey
  	Address: 290 Mt. Pleasant Ave
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F750] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Witness: [I2099] Carol Adele (Little Del) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2109] Edith Audrey COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2102] John Pell (Jack) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2722] Thomas Roger COLLINS
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  Ω Family Group Sheet Witness	Witness Role: Principal: [F750] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Witness: [I2099] Carol Adele (Little Del) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2109] Edith Audrey COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2102] John Pell (Jack) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2722] Thomas Roger COLLINS
  _UID	6C788EE9B6A8094AA6ED8754B8B4E9B78613
  Death	30 Apr 2008	Livingston, New Jersey, Essex Co
  		John (Jack) Collins (2) Keywords: Picture
  Burial	5 May 2008	East Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey
  	Address: Hanover Cemetery
  Person ID	I2102	Gustafson/Morrow
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Roger Collins,   b. 11 May 1893   d. 11 Feb 1971 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Lyle Adele Ashby,   b. 17 Dec 1896   d. 20 Apr 1985, Succasunna, Morris Co., New Jersey (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1918	Livingston, Essex Co, New Jersey
  	Address: St. Peters Episcopal Church
  	Their's was the first marriage in the new church. 94 E Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039 (973) 992-1932
  Census	1920	Livingston Township, Essex Co., New Jersey
  	Address: Mt. Pleasant
  	Witness Role: Witness: [I2722] Thomas Roger COLLINS
  Census	1930	Livingston Township, Essex Co., New Jersey
  	Address: Mount Pleasant Ave
  	Witness Role: Witness: [I2099] Carol Adele (Little Del) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2102] John Pell (Jack) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2722] Thomas Roger COLLINS
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  Census	1940	Livingston Township, Essex Co., New Jersey
  	Address: 290 Mt. Pleasant Ave
  	Witness Role: Witness: [I2099] Carol Adele (Little Del) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2109] Edith Audrey COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2102] John Pell (Jack) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2722] Thomas Roger COLLINS
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  Family Group Sheet	Witness Role: Witness: [I2099] Carol Adele (Little Del) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2109] Edith Audrey COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2102] John Pell (Jack) COLLINS Witness Role: Witness: [I2722] Thomas Roger COLLINS
  Notes	The source for the children of Tom & Adele is from Joan C Small. See media for Thomas Roger for a copy of her typed listing.
  Family ID	F750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melisande Beldon,   b. 19 Nov 1926, New Jersey d. 28 Aug 2013 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1947	Livingston Township, Essex Co., New Jersey
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Obituary: John Pell "Jack" Collins of Liv­ingston died Wednesday at his home, after a great life. He was 85. Jack was bom in a farmhouse on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Liv­ingston on March 13, 1923. His an­cestors settled in the Livingston area in the 1700s and the Collins family was among the founders of the township in 1813. He married the former Melisande Beldon and they raised three sons and two daughters in Livingston. A graduate of West Orange High School, Jack served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II in the European Theatre of Operations. He was a civilian' communications special­ist with the Department of the Army, serving in Korea during that conflict. He retired from the N.J. Bell Telephone Company as a manag­er after 42 years of service and, thereafter, pursued a career as a real estate salesman with the Jo­seph W. Zahn Agency in Livings­ton. Jack was elected to the Liv­ingston Board of Education .in 1969 and served as president and vice president In 1976 he was elected to the Livingston Town­ship Council and served for eight years. In 1982 he was appointed mayor of Livingston. He was chairman of the Liv­ingston Bicentennial Celebration Committee and was a member of the Kiwanis Club, VFW, Livingston Republican Club and the Old Guard. Surviving Jack are his wife, "Sande"; children, Roger and Lin­da Collins, John and Robin Col­lins, Jeff and Carol Coffins, Valerie and Michael Fletcher, and Cyn­thia Collins; sisters, Audrey Dowd and Adele Hedden; eight grand­children and two great-grandchilT dren. Jack will make his last public appearance at the Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home of Livingston, 145 E, Mount Pleasant Ave., on Sunday, May 4, from 2 to 6 p.m. A funeral service will be held at the Presbyterian Church of Livings­ton, 271 W. Northfield Rd., at l0 a.m, on May 5. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the "Actors Theatre of Indiana," 160 W. Carmel Dr., Suite 207, Carmel Ind. 46032. Aunt Joan wrote this at the bottom of the copy she sent me: Jack is Auntie Dell's son. Since no mention is made of his grandfather John Ashby & grandmother Emily Buhle Ashby, I think the obit was written by one of his sons. P.S. Pell is also a very old name in Livingston.