Ethan L. Collins

Ethan Lee Collins, 21, of Manteno, passed away Saturday April 4, 2020 at Riverside Medical Center. He was born January 26, 1999 in Olympia fields a son of Gretchen Weigt. He loved music, skateboarding, and most of all spending time with family and friends. Ethan is survived by his brothers, Jacob Collins of Manteno and Cainon Reed of Arizona; aunts and uncles, Claudia and Thomas Patterson of Manteno, Mary and Rick Schubert of Manteno, Kurt and Linda Weigt of Manteno, Fred and Christina Weigt of Bourbonnais; his maternal grandparents, Fred and Suncha Weigt of Manteno; and many cousins. He is preceded in death by his mother, Gretchen Weigt Kelley and cousin, Corey Patterson. Due to COVID-19 and the family’s concerns of others and wanting to keep people safe, a visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 from 11 am to 1 pm at Deselm Cemetery. The graveside service will be private for immediate family only but will be live streamed for the public to view on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 1 pm on the Brown-Jensen Funeral Home Facebook page. For the visitation, upon arrival visitors will enter through the north entrance of the cemetery, as everyone will be asked to stay in their vehicles to drive by the casket to pay their final respects and proceed to exit the cemetery. On behalf of the family and the funeral home staff, we would like to thank you for your cooperation. Memorials may be made to the wishes of the family. There will be no guest book at the cemetery, please sign the online guestbook that is available on this site. The family will be sharing pictures on Ethan’s memorial page, please share any pictures you may have of him as well.