Daily Herald

Stanley E.

Collins

Stanley E. Collins, passed away peacefully at his home in Provo on the morning of October 24, 2008.

Stan was born in Provo, Utah on January 18, 1934, to AC (Bill) Collins and Mildred Elliott Collins. He grew up in Provo and attended Brigham Young elementary training school, BY Junior High, BY High School and graduated from Brigham Young University in 1958. In High School he was a good student and an exceptional athlete. He participated in all sports, but his favorites were basketball and tennis. This interest carried on into college where he participated on both the basketball and tennis teams at BYU. His schooling was interrupted between his sophomore and junior years when he served an LDS mission to the North Central States.

He graduated from BYU in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business, then entered New York University where he graduated with an MBA degree. It was here that he worked on Wall Street and became interested in finance and investments. On returning to Provo, he became involved in various business ventures. He served as a first Vice President and Regional Manager for the brokerage firm Foster and Marshall, which merged to eventually become Smith Barney where he served as Vice President until his death. He was also a founder and director of Bonneville Bank and served as Executive Vice President of Sundance Incorporated in association with his long-time friend Robert Redford.

Over the years he has been an unselfish and tireless worker in worthy community causes and civic organizations and has been a dedicated booster of BYU. The civic positions he has held include Past Chairman of the Provo Chamber of Commerce, recipient of the chamber of commerce Outstanding Young Man award, past chairman of the National Cougar Club, and Chairman of the BYU Hall of Fame Selection Committee. He was also a member of the Committee to save the lower campus education building which became the Provo City Library. He was appointed by the Mayor to chair the Provo City Development Committee. He also served on the Riverside Country Club Board of directors, and for the past ten years he has been a member of the National Advisory council at Dixie College in St. George.

As a committed member of the LDS Church, he has served in many positions. He was a bishop in a BYU Student ward, a Branch President at the MTC, and a bishop in his home ward, the Oakhills 6th. He has also served faithfully as a gospel doctrine teacher and home teacher and in many callings with the youth.

He married Mary Alice Sauls in the Salt Lake Temple in 1957. They are the parents of five children, the joys of his life”David, (Ruth), Mesa, AZ; Robert, (Mitzi), Provo; John (Merilee), Orem; Andrew, (Nicole), Provo and Elizabeth, Salt Lake City. He is also survived by 17 grandchildren, two brothers: Ed Collins and Bob Collins and a sister, Kathy Gadd. His parents preceded him in death.

When he was chosen to light the “Y” he was introduced as “a respected business executive, Church Leader and civic servant, and a charming and articulate man who is one of the fine gentlemen around.” His was a life well lived as Stan was the greatest example of generosity, loyalty, and unconditional love. He knew how to laugh and had a magnificent sense of humor. He was a friend to all. He will be greatly missed.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 28, at 11 a.m. at the Oakhills 6th Ward Chapel, 2000 North 1500 East, Provo. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, on Monday evening 6-8 p.m. and the Ward Chapel on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Interment East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery. Condolences may be sent toinfo@bergmortuary.com.