Mary Ann Collins

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Mary Collins Obituary

Mim COLLINS Mary Ann, 'Mim', Collins, daughter of Henrietta Zeis and A. Phillip Collins of Rock Island, Illinois has died of ovarian cancer. She was born on September 8, 1948 and died on her 63rd birthday. Her sister, Kathleen, her son Phillip and daughter Caitlin were with her until she passed. Mim was a 1965 graduate of the Villa de Chantal High School in Rock Island. She attended Duchesne College in Omaha and graduated from Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois with a degree in early education and theatre. She was employed by the Wilmette, IL school system for 4yrs. Mim was a member of Movement for a Better World from 1974, touring the United States and moving to Seattle in 1978. She began a lifetime pursuit of studying psychology earning her Master's Decree from Antioch College in psychology and holistic health. She was a self-employed mental health counselor from 1982 until the summer of 2011. Mim was among the first instructors in natural foods cooking in the Seattle area leading to the establishment of her cooking school. She was an active member of Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church where a Celebration of Life will be held on October 2, 2011 at 2 pm. Special thanks to Providence Hospice of Seattle and Comprehensive Home and Companion Services for their excellent care of Mim. Donations may be made to the PCC Farmland Trust or the International Campaign for Tibet.

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Published by The Seattle Times from Sep. 18 to Sep. 21, 2011.

Memories and Condolences
for Mary Collins

8 Entries

bittin duggan

October 13, 2011

Thank you Mim for sharing your love and guidance with me through individual therapy and a woman's circle. My love and compassion to her family members who have lost a great woman this lifetime. She remain in Spirit - to still guide us...Namaste

Heidi Hutchinson

October 4, 2011

Mim was my roommate at a cancer retreat at Harmony Hill earlier this year. We struck up a unique friendship that helped both of us with our situations. I will miss her, and offer sincere condolences to her family and friends.

Lew & Karin Whitney Cooke

September 30, 2011

Aloha from Kokolulu Farm and Cancer Retreats in Hawaii - Our prayers and blessings go out to the family and friends of Mim. Mim came here for a two weeks retreat in October of 2010. Immediately she she touched our heart and soul and she became a member of our Ohana (family) We spoke with her over the phone many times and visited her when we were in Seattle. In April of this year she came to a gathering of practioners and former guests of Kokolulu in Seattle. She was like a sister to us and we will miss her alot. She always had an uplifting thought and smile for anyone she came in contact with.

Malama Pono!

Aloha and Peace

Lew Whitney and Karin Cooke
Kokolulu Farm and Cancer Retreats in Hawaii
www.kokolulu.org

September 23, 2011

I met Mim through the Corrective Parenting Community and loved her instantly. She had a sparkle in her eye, wisdom when she spoke and a presence that created tremendous safety for deep, healing work. She seemed "other worldly" in the best possible way. Love to her close ones- she will be missed by many. Barbara Gray

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September 21, 2011

I met Mim in Zydeco dance classes and workshops a few years ago. We had the great fun of performing together with our class one year at Seattle's Folk Life Festival. She was a regular, too, at Zydeco and Cajun dances at The Highliner Pub. I liked her right away and found her easy to talk with. I will always remember how much she loved music and dance and the warmth of her personality, which lit her smile. My condolences to Mim's family and loved ones on her loss. Barbara West (Seattle)

Mim with Phillip 1987

Heather Day McCrone

September 20, 2011

I met Mim around 1986 when I was a teenage babysitter caring for Phillip. She and Larry shared a new way of parenting with me, modeling an intuitive, holistic approach I hadn't encountered before. Mim was able to consider Phillip's needs and communicate with him gently. She had such confidence as a mother, and I admired her greatly and hoped to be like her one day. I was away at college in CA when Larry passed, and Mim and I kept in touch with letters through that difficult time. I visited her and Phillip when I visited Seattle. After several moves, we lost track of each other. I've thought of her often through the years, especially when I became a mother, and remembered her tenderness in caring for Phillip as a baby. Today I feel great remorse that I never was able to find her again and reconnect, and that I learned of her passing from the newspaper.

Phillip, if you'd like to contact me, I have a few photos and letters that your mom sent to me from when you were little. I'd also love to meet you again! The last time I saw you, you were about 6 years old.

Goldie Caughlan

September 20, 2011

September 20, 2011 -- I am shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend and colleague, Mim Collins. I've known Mim since Spring of 1983, and she was the first cooking teacher I hired that year, when I established the cooking school in Seattle, (now known as PCC Cooks). I had the privilege of being on her "team" of volunteers who took turns cooking for her, and sometimes for her son, Phillip, several times in the summer of 2010. During that same exact time frame I was also dealing with the cancer of my step daughter, Anne Caughlan, who was diagnosed in July 2010 (and also, sadly, passed away Dec. 26, 2010). I recently retired from PCC Natural Markets and as a result had not been receiving e-mails at the office -- which would have been the way I likely would have learned that she was not doing well. I last saw her in September, 2010, at the PCC Annual meeting and dinner at St. Demetrios, and truly rejoiced that she seemed to be recovering and had returned to work. I'm so sorry, Philip, and all the family and friends. She was an exceptionally warm, intuitive, strong, kind, beautiful, bright, sensitive, multi-talented, good-humored, loving and altogether vibrant woman with great passion for serving others! And she was a magnificent cooking teacher, teaching Macrobiotic cooking for many years. Thru her classes she had a sizeable community of students for several years! Mim my dear, you are missed, and will not be forgotten by those of use fortunate enough to have known you. Blessings!
Sincerely and affectionately, Goldie Caughlan, former Nutrition Education Manager for PCC Natural Markets, 206-322-1991

Jane Ganas Long

September 19, 2011

I was very sad to learn of Mim's passing. I knew her as fellow therapist. Her presence was bright, gentle, and encouraging. I'm sure the Seattle therapy community will miss her as well as the folks from her other communities.

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