Collins, Ellen (née Hughes) beloved wife of Supreme Court Justice (ret) John P. Collins. Mother of White Plains City Court Judge John P. Collins Jr.; mother-in-law of Bronx ADA Mary Jo Blanchard; grandmother of Brady Padraig and Cassidy Ann. Daughter of the late Nora (Fahey) and John Hughes, Ballyglunin, Co. Galway. Graduate of Marymount School Neuilly sur Seine, Paris and Marymount College, Tarrytown. Former Secretary-Treasurer of Irish Press Corp. (Dublin). Retired teacher Marymount School, NY Archdiocese and NYC school systems. Funeral Services Private. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla, NY.