COLLINS Lillian M. Collins, age 90, of the Sandy Hook section of Newtown, died on Wednesday, October 8, 2003, in Filosa Convalescent Home, Danbury, after a long illness. She was born in Sandy Hook, on July 5, 1913, daughter of the late Martin and Cecelia Collins. She was educated in Newtown schools and graduated from St. Vincent‚s Hospital School of Nursing, with an RN degree. For more than 25 years, she worked as a nurse at Laurel Heights Hospital in Shelton. Following her retirement from Laurel Heights, she became a VNA nurse in Newtown, and also did private duty nursing in Danbury Hospital. She was a member of CSEA #1067. A devoted member of St. Rose Church and AARP. She is survived by one niece; and five nephews. Funeral services will be held on Monday, October 13, 2003, at 10 a.m. from the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street, Newtown, and at 10:30 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Church for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment in St. Rose Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m.