Mabel B. Collins, 99, died December 30, 2018, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson.  She was born June 5, 1919, in Greensboro, North Carolina, to Weldon Alfred and Malissa Jane (Thompson) Blalock.

Mabel graduated from Greensboro Senior High School in 1937.  She was a member of the Grace Hospital Auxiliary, Hutchinson Hospital Auxiliary, PEO Chapter BL, Prairie Dunes Women's Golf Club, and volunteered at the Hutchinson Art Association.  Mabel was a homemaker and member of First Presbyterian Church, Hutchinson. She was a loving, gracious, and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

On November 25, 1943, she married Arthur J. Collins, Jr. in Greensboro, North Carolina.  He died August 12, 2009, after 66 years of marriage.

Mabel is survived by:  sons, Thomas Collins and wife Suzanne of Indianapolis, Indiana, Arthur J. 'Jerry' Collins III and wife Lisha of Hutchinson; grandchildren, Thomas Collins, Jr., Kristen Kohn and husband Aaron, Arthur J. 'Josh' Collins IV and wife Melissa; and great-grandchildren, Eli Kohn and Maris Kohn.

She was preceded in death by:  her parents; son, Michael Bryan Collins; grandson, Benjamin M. Collins; and three sisters.

Cremation has taken place.  Memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 4, 2019, at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson, with the Revered Richard Brooks officiating. Private family inurnment will take place in Sabetha Cemetery, Sabetha, Kansas.   Friends may sign the book from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, with the family present Thursday from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., all at Elliott Mortuary.  Memorials may be made to the Wesley Towers Good Samaritan Fund, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS  67501.