COLLINS, Rhonda

COLLINS Rhonda Maynard Collins (nee Boughton), age 105, beloved wife of the late Dr. Lorne Collins, passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 3rd, 2024 in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Rhonda was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan on March 17, 1919. She had four siblings, Lorraine (deceased), John (deceased), Glenn (deceased), and Ardeth.
Rhonda graduated with her Medical Doctor degree from the University of Manitoba in 1943, cum laude, and was also presented with the Dr. Charlotte W. Ross Gold Medal, for the highest standing in obstetrics.
After the Second World War, Rhonda and Lorne moved to Pincher Creek, Alberta where they practiced medicine and raised their family. They had four children: Shelagh (George Torbiak) Stefan, Ruth Collins-Nakai, Elinor (Paul) Hobbs and Peter (Elizabeth) Collins; seven grandchildren, Sean, Rachel, Natasha, Joshua, Sunil, Erin and Monica; two great grand-children, Wesley and Sam; and many nieces and nephews.
Rhonda served on the local school board for nine years, was a member of the local library board for many years, and also served on the Board of Governors of the University of Lethbridge, from that University’s founding in 1967, until 1973, and thereafter on the University of Lethbridge Senate.
Rhonda was an elegant, graceful and beautiful woman; a fine mother; Pincher Creek and district’s “women’s doctor”; an advocate for the advancement of women; an avid reader; a musician (voice, piano and clarinet); a knitter; and a good friend to many.
There will be no public memorial service for Rhonda; the family will have a private remembrance for her, when her ashes will be interred at the Pincher Creek Cemetery alongside those of Lorne (who predeceased her in 2019). The family thanks the staff at Adaptacare Personal Care Homes – Cedar Creek for their kind and compassionate care of Rhonda in her final years.
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