Darlene Collinson


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Posted Online: Feb. 16, 2013, 9:39 pm
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Darlene E. Collinson, 77, of Galva, died Feb. 15, 2013, at her home.
Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Messiah Lutheran, Galva. Cremation will be accorded. Inurnment services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Galva Cemetery. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Stackhouse-Moore, Galva.
She was born May 13, 1935. She married James Collinson in 1955. He died in 2008.
Surviving are her children, Teresa Byers, Kent and Kevin, all of Galva; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; sister, Kathleen Erickson, Waukee, Iowa; brother, Dan Robbins, Fresno, Calif.














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