(KNZA)--A former Jackson County law enforcement officer is being remembered.

Donnie Collins, formerly of Holton, died Saturday at a Topeka hospital at the age of 64.

After graduating from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center in Hutchinson in 1996, Collins served as a Holton police officer and later as Jackson County Undersheriff.   He also was an EMT and volunteer firefighter for many years.

Funeral services for Collins will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton, with burial in the Holton Cemetery.

Among his survivors are three children.