JoAnn Collins

     JoAnn Kay (Benedickt) Collins was born May 13, 1940, to Millard and Norma (Shafer) Benedickt in Logan, Iowa. She lived the majority of her younger years in rural Logan and attended school in Magnolia graduating in 1958. JoAnn married Kenneth Collins in 1960, and to this union 3 children were born. She held many jobs over the years: Tamisiea & Wilson, Collins Automotive, and First National Bank.

     After Kenneth’s death in 1990 she moved to Arkansas and spent the rest of her life living there. While in Arkansas she pursued many business ventures. JoAnn enjoyed dancing, the outdoors, fishing, mushroom hunting, playing solitaire, and spending time with family.

     JoAnn died on November 3, 2026, in Anderson, Missouri at the age of 86 years, five months, and 21 days.

     JoAnn was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sister, Jackie (Benedickt) Dollen, brother-in-law, Duane Dollen, and son-in-law, Randy Jenkins. She is survived by her three children, Doug (Jackie) Collins of Logan, Denise Jenkins of Southwest City, Missouri, and Gary Collins of Noel, Missouri; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, John (Sue) Benedickt of Woodbine; and many other relatives and friends.

     A committal service will be held at a later date at the Magnolia Cemetery.