Frances L. Paustian

Frances L. Paustian, 82, of Grand Island died Sunday at her home at Chrysalis Lutheran Homes in Grand Island.



In accordance with Frances’s wishes, cremation has taken place and there will be no services.



Apfel Funeral Home of Grand Island is assisting the family.



Frances L. Paustian (Doering) was born in Hebron, Nebraska on January 12, 1937, to Henry and Ella (Fintel) Doering. She passed away on August 4, 2019, at her home in Grand Island, Nebraska, at the age of 82 years, 6 months and 23 days. She was one of five children.



Frances was baptized in 1937 and confirmed in 1951 at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Deshler, NE.



She attended District #80 rural school near Deshler, Nebraska through the eighth grade.



Frances was united in marriage to LeRoy Vern Paustian on May 29, 1960, at the courthouse in Merrick County, Nebraska. This union was blessed with three children, Todd, Lori and Patti.



Frances loved her family, bowling, and playing bingo with friends. She worked for 22 years at Walmart in Grand Island, Nebraska before retiring and enjoying time at home playing cards and putting puzzles together with friends.



Frances is survived by stepdaughter, Roxanne Hoffer and husband Jerry, of Maricopa, Arizona, step-grandsons Kenny, Chad and Shawn, and daughters Lori Bartels and husband John, of Papillion, Nebraska, two grandchildren, Stacie and Jared Bartels, Patti Paustian of Omaha, Nebraska and daughter-in-law Lorie Paustian, and two granddaughters, Ashley Sawyer and husband Jeremy, and great-grandson, Kolton Sawyer and Sarah Aksamit and great-granddaughter, Ava Aksamit as well as many other relatives and friends.



She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Ella Doering, brothers Richard and Roland Doering, and sisters Helen Kolling and Henrietta Wildegrube, husband Leroy Paustian and son, Todd Paustian.