Pauline Bastuk

Pauline Bastuk obituary, Saginaw, MI

Pauline Bastuk

Pauline Bastuk Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Ware-Smith-Woolever Funeral Directors - Midland Chapel on Sep. 9, 2025.

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Pauline Bastuk, 100 of Coleman, died Sunday evening, September 7, 2025, at her home. She was born July 6, 1925, in Pinconning, the daughter of the late William and Mary (Dudar) Zadonia. Pauline was member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church in Coleman and is survived by her sons, Peter (Lynn) Bastuk, Jr. and John (Wanda) Bastuk; by a daughter-in-law, Donna Bastuk; grandchildren, Heidi Lewis, Frank Bastuk, Jr., Rachel Bastuk, Sarah Bastuk, Elizabeth Bastuk, and great-grandchildren, Jaxon and Ethan Lewis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter Bastuk; sons, Frank Bastuk and Steve Bastuk; by siblings, Lillian Vasco, Anna Spencer, Mary Estrada, Joseph Zadonia, Christine Jasman, Harold Zadonia, Katherine Johnson, and Paul Zadonia.

Graveside committal has taken place in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Saginaw.

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