Mrs. Ann Collins Rode

EASTHAM, MASS. >> Ann Collins Rode, 96, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 1, on Cape Cod after a brief illness. She was married for 49 years to Otto J. Rode and lived in Portland, Ct. for all her married life. She leaves her son Walter and wife Marjorie of Portland, Ct.; daughter Margaret Zubik and husband Michael of Passadumkeag, ME; grandson Michael B. and wife Molly of Gorham, ME and granddaughter Carrie Collins Zubik of Passadumkeag, ME. Ann attended schools in Massachusetts and went to Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston. After raising her family she worked and volunteered at libraries in Portland and Middletown, CT and when she retired she found great fun and friendships through volunteering at a local thrift store. She summered all her life on Cape Cod at her family home in North Eastham, where she enjoyed many years of great happiness with family members. She also leaves her sister, Collie Cook, Collie's children and three special nieces from California. A service in her honor will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 10 a.m. at the Nickerson Funeral Home, 77 Eldredge Park Way, Orleans, MA. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Cancer Care of Maine, 489 State St., Bangor, ME, 04401 or call 877-366-3662. For online condolences, please visit www.nickersonfunerals.com.