Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Collins nwụrụ n'ọrịa oyi baa na Boston, na November 23, 1995. Ka ụbọchị ise gachara, e liri ya na St. Joseph Cemetery dị na West Roxbury na-esochi Mass olili ozu na Katidral Holy Cross nke Boston nke Kadịnal Bernard Francis Law, Bishọp nke Catholic Archdiocese nke Boston (1984<unk>2002) mere. Obituaries nke ya bipụtara na "MIT Tech Talk" na site na Associated Press, yana ntinye ya na "The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America" (1999) nke Mahadum Notre Dame Press bipụtara ma onye otu Society of Jesus dere, ekwughi na Boston Housing Authority kewapụrụ ụlọ obibi ọha na eze na obodo n'oge ọ na-arụ ọrụ, na ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka ụtụ isi nke ụlọ ya na-eme nyocha nke ịkpa ókè agbụrụ, nzaghachi nke Ngalaba ndị uweojii Boston na ọgba aghara Grove Hall, ma ọ bụ na Boston Banks Urban Renewal Group redlined Blue Hill Avenue, mana Associated Press obituary kwuru na atumatu mmezigharị obodo Collins mejuputara na Boston emulated gafee United States. N'afọ 2004, n'otu afọ ahụ onye omebe iwu steeti Illinois bụ Barack Obama kwuru okwu bụ isi n'ọgbakọ Democratic National Convention na Boston
, gọọmentị obodo nyere ọrụ maka ihe osise nke Collins na mpụga nke Boston City Hall dị n'akụkụ ọdụ ụgbọ okporo ígwè Government Center ma nyefee ya City Hall Plaza. Nkọwa ahụ e dere n'ihe osise ahụ e sere n'ahụ́ ájá ekwughị banyere ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na ịkpa ókè agbụrụ nke ndị isi obodo Collins ma ọ bụ ọgba aghara Grove Hall.