Shirley M. Collins

SHIRLEY M. COLLINS, 84, formerly of North Babylon, Long Island, New York on Monday December 8, 2014. Beloved wife of the late Richard Collins. Loving mother of Patricia , Barbara, Diane, Michael (Diane) and Linda. Adored grandma to Billy, Nicole, Daren, Amanda, Richard and Stephen. Cherished great-grandma to Jack, Jane and Juliet. Dear sister of Bill and Jack. Family and friends may visit Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 7:00 - 9:00 pm and Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 2:00 - 4:00 and 7:00 - 9:00 pm, at Claude R. Boyd-Spencer Funeral Homes, 448 West Main Street, Babylon Village, New York. Funeral Service Thursday, 10:00 am, at The United Methodist Church of Babylon, 21 James Street, Babylon Village, New York 11702. Interment following at Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, New York. For further information, or help with directions, kindly call the funeral home at (631) 669-2400. www.boyd-spencer.com.

AFTER GLOW

I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when day is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun of happy memories that I leave behind when day is done.