Ora Collard

Ora Marion Collard (September 17, 1902–April 11, 1961) was an American businessman and politician.

Collard was born in Norris City, Illinois. In 1904, Collard moved with his family to Herrin, Illinois. He went to the Herrin public schools. Collard owned the Collard Heating an Air Conditioning Company in Herrin, Illinois. He serve on the Herrin City Council from 1937 to 1941 and was a Democrat. Collard also serve as an Illinois Deputy Fire Marshal and as the Williamson County Deputy Sheriff. Collard served in the Illinois House of Representatives in 1949 and 1950. Collard died at his home in Herrin, Illinois.[1][2]

Notes
  1. 'Illinois Blue Book 1949-1950,' Biographical Sketch of Ora Collard, pg. 232-233
  2. 'Herrin Democrat-Ora Collard Dies,' The Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois), April 12, 1961, pg. 3


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