The Independendence Daily Reporter Montgomery County Saturday September 11, 1937 Collins Rites Held. Funeral services for Thomas COLLINS, pioneer Montgomery county farmer, who died in Mercy hospital Friday afternoon, were held at nine o'clock this morning from the St. Andrews church. The Reverend Father M.J. Casey officiated at the rites. Burial was in St. Andrews cemetery, east of the city, under the direction of the Potts funeral home.