Thos. Collins $3651 Estate Is Unclaimed
Funeral services for Thomas Collins, who died here Saturday night from a stroke of paralysis, after a brief illness, will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic church at 11 o'clock Saturday morning. Rev. Father Joseph Schmidt will officiate and burial at Greenwood will be by the Sticklin Mortuary. So far as can be learned, Mr. Collins had no realtives in this part of the country. Probation Officer O. J. Chase, who looked after him during his last illness, has been advised that there may be a brother in the south. Mr. Chase has applied for letters of administration on Mr. Collins' estate, which consists of $3651.71, which is on deposit in the First National Bank of Chehalis and the First National Bank of Wapato. Mr. Chase has written parties who may know of the brother, in an effort to locate heirs of Collins. The man had worked in and around here for some time, but nothing was known of his former home or relatives.
Source: The Chehalis Bee-Nugget, 13 November 1931, front page. Microfilm available at Washington State Library, 6880 Capitol Boulevard South, Tumwater, WA. 98512
Transcribed by Kathryn Lester. She has no further information on this individual.