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Published on: 12/14/2002
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Ellen Collins
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Ellen Collins
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Ellen Stapp Collins, 61, of Bettendorf, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, at her home.
A memorial visitation and celebration of her life will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island.Inurnment will be at a later date.Memorials may be made to the Davenport Museum of Art.
Ellen was born March 13, 1941, in Pensacola, Fla., daughter of Dr. R. Bruce Collins and Marjorie Stapp Collins, Rock Island.
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In addition to her work as a psychologist, Ellen was a very successful and well-known regional artist.Her clay sculpture has been shown and sold at Beaux Arts, the Davenport Museum of Art and Gift Shop, the Newton Art Gallery, and the Thieves Market at the University of Iowa.She was a former member of the Davenport Museum of Art Pottery Guild, where her pieces also were shown and sold.She received several awards, among them a first place at the Lexington, Mass., Art Show.Ellen appeared in a teaching film produced by her alma mater, Vanderbilt University.Her work was recently featured on the cover of the Davenport Museum of Art brochure.Ellen was interested in integrating form and movement in her sculpture.Her figures convey an ambiguous and introspective mood.Ellen's pieces are original, one-of-a-kind works of art and feature her hand seal.
Her memberships include the Davenport Museum of Art, Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and the National Association of School Psychologists.
She is survived by her husband, Kerry A. Goodwin, Bettendorf; sons, Robert Bruce Bahnsen and his wife, Elizabeth, Tacoma, Wash., and Christopher Montgomery Bahnsen and his wife, Jill, Denver, Colo.; stepchildren, Gregg Goodwin, West Branch, Iowa, and Molly Goodwin, South Carolina; and a sister, Marcia Ross and her husband, Dr. James, Southborough, Mass.
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