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November 7, 1914 - August 13, 2008

Obituary:
Robert Stanley Collier, Sr. of Harrington, DE, formerly of Easton, MD died at Milford Memorial Hospital, Milford, DE on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. He was 93.Born in Easton, MD on November 7, 1914, he was the son of the late, Robert L. and Cornelia Macklem Collier. After graduating from Easton High School in 1931, he began his long career in farming. For years, he farmed the Springwood Farm and in addition, later the Maryland Pride Dairy near Easton. He moved to Harrington in April of 2000 where he farmed Colliers’ Dairy Farm near Harrington.He was a member of the Harrington Baptist Church of Harrington, DE; a former member of the First Baptist Church in Easton and he was also a former member of the Talbot County Farm Bureau among other organizations. His first wife, the former, Alice M. Butler whom he married on May 3, 1941, died on February 11, 1994.Mr. Collier is survived by his wife, Vivian Redden Seymour Collier whom he married on April 17, 1998; two daughters, Ellen C. Strange of Virginia Beach, VA and Elaine C. Trice of Harrington, DE; a son, R. Stanley Collier, Jr. of Harrington, DE; one sister, Dorothy C. Chilcoat of Baltimore, MD; a step-daughter, Susan Bruner of Berlin, MD; eight grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. He was pre-deceased by a sister, Anna C. Newkam; three brothers, G. Edwin Collier, William Collier and Urban Collier and a great granddaughter, Grace Ellen Wright.The family will receive relatives and friends on Saturday, August 16, 2008 from 11 AM- 12 noon at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., 408 S. Liberty St., Centreville, MD where the funeral will be held at 12 noon. Officiating will be Rev. Clayton Clark.Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Easton, MD.Memorial donations may be made to the Harrington Baptist Church, 111 E. Liberty St., Harrington, DE 19952.