Carol Dee Collins, 69, Overland Park, Ks, concluded her life peacefully, July 15, 2014, after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Carol was born August 1, 1944, and was raised in Plainville, Ks by her loving parents Kenneth and Mary Ann (Windholtz) Resley-Walters. She attended elementary and high school in Plainville, then a year of college at Ft. Hays State University, Hays, Ks.

She married Russell “Rusty” Collins, in September 1963. They lived in California then Plainville, settling in Hays, Ks, in 1973 where they raised their family. While living in Hays, she owned C .C.’s Fashion Alley women’s clothing store and was active in the Chamber of Commerce and Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.

She left Hays and began working in women’s clothing sales for Dillards and Von Maur in Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas before retiring in Overland Park, Ks.

Carol is survived by her son, Shane Collins of Overland Park, KS; granddaughter, Kylie Collins of Dodge City, KS and a brother Ken Resley, Jr. of Salina, KS as well as countless friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents.

Memorial Mass will be 10:00 AM Friday, July 25th at St. Nicolas of Myra Catholic Church, 2901 E. 13th St., Hays. Inurnment at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Gorham, Ks.

Visitation will be held 5-8 PM Thursday, July 24th at Brock’s – Keithley Funeral Chapel, 2509 Vine St., with a rosary being said at 6:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers a donation can be made to Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 11300 W. 103rd St., Overland Park, KS, St. Nicholas Catholic Church or Kansas City Hospice House, 1500 Meadow Lake Parkway #200, Kansas City, MO 64114.

Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to [email protected]