Obituary of Janet Tom Collins

Janet Tom Collins, 85, of Ewing passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 2, 2016. Born in Chicago, IL, Janet was a longtime resident of Lawrence Township, before moving to Ewing. She grew up in Oak Park, IL and Penn Valley, PA, and often spent summers at her grandparents’ home in Ohio near Lake Erie. She attended Wilson College and Marietta College, and graduated with a major in Economics. After her marriage, she and her husband, the late Lawrence Edward Collins moved to NJ. She retired as a Labor Market Analyst with the NJ Department of Labor. Janet was a member of Lawrence Road Presbyterian Church, passionately fond of watching figure skating, Broadway musicals and television (scheduled programming began in 1936). She was a former President of Lawrence Seniors Club #5, and loved playing games like bridge, charades, and trivia. Janet was a kind, compassionate friend who enjoyed both making new friends and reconnecting with old ones on Facebook. Daughter of the late Howard and Thelma Tom, sister of the late Merle Howard Tom; left to cherish her memory are her children Karen Collins and her husband Mark Hovey, Jennifer Collins Shor and her husband Peter Shor, Amy Collins and Ken Collins; four grandchildren Grace and Patrick Collins-Hovey, Valerie and Julia Shor; her nieces Vicki Tom, Rebecca Tom Maxwell, Alison Tom, Kara Hanson and Kelsey Collins Nair; her nephews Jeffrey Hughes, Larry Anderson and David Anderson. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 13th at 11 am at Lawrence Road Presbyterian Church 1039 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Interment will be held privately at Ewing Church Cemetery. Calling hours for Janet will be held on Tuesday, January 12th from 6 to 8 pm at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Memorial donations can be made to the National Inclusion Project (www.inclusionproject.org) PO Box 110104 RTP, NC 27709, or Mercer Street Friends Food Bank (www.mercerstreetfriends.org/food-bank) 151 Mercer Street, Trenton, NJ.