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Frank Xavier Nause Jr.

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Frank Xavier Nause Jr.

Frank Xavier Nause Jr., 83, of Chesterfield, VA, died fighting Dementia and Parkinson's Disease. He was born to Frank X. Nause and Mary Kielty Nause in Chicago 82 years ago. He has two sisters, Eileen Nause Wager (died in 2024, three children, and a number of grandchildren) and Kathy Venable (husband, Larry, two children, and three grandchildren). Frank was married to Gabriele L. Nause on March 16, 1966. They have two children, Lisa Marie Nause Bass, married to (husband, Henry Morgan, and two sons, Eric and Ethan), and Frank X. Nause III (wife, Beverely Jessee Nause, and four sons, Brett, Blake Taylor, and Tanner)

Frank graduated from Benedictine High School and received a Business Degree from VCU. He worked for Dominion and the City of Richmond. He loved volunteering for the Chesterfield County Volunteer Fire Department for 37 years while Chesterfield County was still a small county with 13 Volunteer Fire Departments, being proud that his son became a paid Chesterfield County Firefighter and Paramedic.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

No flowers please, contributions may be made to the Chesterfield County Fire Department in Frank X. Nause's name.
Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch on Mar. 15, 2026.

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Jean Welch

March 12, 2026

My sincere sympathy to Gabe and family in the loss of your dear loved one. I have known Frank over twenty years and he was a kind and caring gentleman.

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