Patricia Collins, the mother of Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, has died.
Pat Collins moved to the state to attend the University of Maine. She later became the first female chair of the university system's Board of Trustees, as well as the first elected female mayor of Caribou, where she lived the rest of her life.
She held several other public service positions, including on Maine Public Broadcasting Network's advisory committee, and was elected to the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2005.
Pat Collins was 96. She's survived by her six children.
