Patricia Collins
April 17, 2014 – Aug. 30, 2025
Patricia “Patsy” Nadine Collins, 11, of Sweet Home, passed away Aug. 30, 2025.
She was born April 17, 2014 in Springfield to Melinda Roberson and Daniel Roloff.
She has lived in Springfield, Roseburg and moved to Sweet Home in 2015. She attended Holley Christian Church and Freedom Hill Church. She was a beloved student at Holley Elementary and, more currently, Hawthorne Elementary.
Patsy loved watching her favorite YouTuber: Midlife Stockman, whom her Memaw nicknamed “Mower Man.” She was recently given a merch T-shirt from his site that she only was able to wear one time.
Her YouTuber was her current obsession; previous ones included Train Fanning (watching locomotive videos), navigating her Leapfrog tablet, playing the Stretchy Monkey game, listening to all types of music, playing with cars, writing her name with little help. and admiring her older siblings and younger, very energetic, brother Rusty.
She would usually dance on request or when spontaneously hearing just about any tune.
She also enjoyed watching original Spiderman movie with Kristen Dunst and thinking she was Ayla, her sister very time she had a scene and saying “Eyela” over and over again (which is how she pronounced “Ayla”).
“Anyone who met Patsy knows that she would light every single room with her smiles and laughter. She’s always so happy and loves everyone. She’s a popular little girl of Sweet Home Oregon. All of the school kids love her and see her as a star, because, well, she is our bright shining star. ” -Liz Roby
Patsy is survived by her parents, Dan of Monroe, and Mindy of Sweet Home; grandparents Patricia (Memaw) of Sweet Home, and Ken (Papa) of Sweet Home; biological grandparents Ken and Jurelyn of Bakersfield, Calif., and Denise of Alabama; great- grandma Nadine (G.G) of Bakersfield; siblings Chris, JR, Liz of Springfield, Ayla, and Rusty of Sweet Home; her service dog Glory, and her cats Smokey and Daisy.
A viewing will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 13, at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. A graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. at Gilliland Cemetery.
A celebration of life will follow at 4 p.m., at Freedom Hill Church, also on Sept. 13.
To support the family in this time, please donate to the love offering for Patsy’s final expenses through Freedom Hill Church or www.GoFundme.com.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
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