Funeral Liturgy service for Raymond Leonard Collins, 85, of Scranton will be  Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 3 pm, at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson. The family will greet friends beginning at 1:00pm.  Interment will be in the Scranton Township Cemetery. Following the committal at the cemetery, friends and family are invited for food, drinks, and conversation at the Collins family farm. The family suggests memorial contributions be directed to the Greene County Fair Capital Project, the Ralston Volunteer Fire Department, or Hospice of the Valley in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Ray is survived by daughters Elizabeth Collins of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Jennifer (Matthew) Taylor of Scottsdale, Arizona; and Melissa Thompson, of Palm Coast, Florida; grandchildren, Emily Taylor of Phoenix, Arizona; Adam Taylor of Porto Alegre, Brazil; and Anthony Taylor, of Brooklyn, New York; as well as one brother, Jack (Shirley) of Rockwell City, Iowa.