Frances died July 1, 2025, at Merrill Gardens Memory Care at the age of 99.  She was the 5th of 6 children born in Chicago to Mary and Joseph Gasior on September 27, 1925.  In 1950, she married Richard Nielsen, and they lived in the Los Angeles area, then Solvang and Buellton for many years.  She was a waitress in several of the restaurants in the SY Valley, but mostly a stay-at-home mom.  She moved to Lompoc in 1983.

Frances was a dedicated mother, taking care of her disabled twin sons.  She also enjoyed gardening and occasionally going to the casino. She was friendly and talked to everyone.

Some of her happiest events in her life were when her first grandchild, David DeBolt, was born on February 1974, her first great grandchild, Monica Aguilar, was born on August 1998, and her great granddaughter, Caden DeBolt, was born on her 88th birthday, September 27, 2013.

She is preceded in death by her parents, brothers Edward, Chester, Eugene, and sisters Florence Kreslake and Bernice Kendryna, her son Randolph Nielsen, and her grandson Christopher Collins.

She is survived by her daughters Victoria (Vicky) DeBolt and her husband Joe, Veronica Collins and husband James, sons Thomas and Gerald Nielsen, grandchildren David DeBolt, Brian DeBolt, Christine Grelck, Charlene Asmussen, and great grandkids Monica Aguilar, John, Claire, and Paul Grelck, Caleb and Caden DeBolt, Alani and Sutter Asmussen.

Services will be at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary on Saturday, August 23, at 10:00 am, with burial immediately following at Lompoc Cemetery.