Archie F. Collins, age 82, passed away January 10, 2021, in Hot Springs, SD at the Seven Sisters Living Center surrounded by his family.
Archie was born on July 25, 1938, to Archie and Wynfred Collins. After graduating from high school in 1956, he honorably served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1957 to 1959. After discharge he attended Chadron State College for one year before purchasing a ranch west of Hot Springs, SO, in 1960. While pursuing his life-long dream of ranching, Archie also worked at Evan Post and Pole in Pringle, SO, and the uranium mill in Edgemont, SD. During his 55 years of ranching, he was also a Vermeer dealer for 40 years and a Dew-Eze dealer.